Forced By Tradition

The veil covers her face hiding her tears.. her mind in turmoil, filled with fear.. Her life never really has been her own.. from the day she was born, even now full grown.. A culture to follow, her families demands.. her life is theirs, her choices lay in their hands.. Now here she stands, a bride dressed in red.. beautiful on the outside, yet inside she was dead.. She looks in the mirror, cries in despair.. "God you said you'd protect me, why aren't you hearing my prayers".. Her father enters into the room, pride in his eyes.. he is too blind to see the tears his daughter silently cries.. He leads her out to a room full of men.. inside her heart, him she then does condemn.. Her mother now stands beside her, smiling so proud.. a false illusion of happiness envelopes her just like a shroud.. Words now spoken by a man who says he serves God.. she answers toneless and blankly, lost in emotionless fog.. Now it is done and she belongs to him.. bound to a stranger, a new life to begin.. The veil covers her face, hiding her tears.. her mind in turmoil, filled with fear.. Her life never really has been her own.. Now by her family she's been sold to a stranger in marriage... because shes fully grown... Her life taken from her, his now to own..