Gone Too Soon

All alone in a bush downstream
Where not a soul was likely to dwell
Pinned against the green grasses, a young girl
Injecting her ruthlessly, a cruel hunk
At my sight, off he fled

A rape victim an innocent soul
Her mind drifts into the abyss of sorrow
As red fluid streams down her thighs
Reaching out for a nearby leaf
Just to clear off the mess

Her heart,heavy in her ribs
Up I lifted and embraced her as the 
torrent of her tears soaks through my shirt
I could hear her silent screams
As she tries to hold back the seething torrent

Holding on to her nerves,
She suffocates with each breath
For he had sucked out the life in her
Painfully, she groans 'Adieu my dignity'
Gone too soon, her virginity

Time and time again, 
As the steady stream trickles down her face,
Her lower lip quivers
Her eyes, the colour of moss and dirt
Shoveled together

As if a black mist had settled upon her
The day bright, but the torrid sun she could not feel
The sonorous song of birds, less could she hear 
Sadness, her nightingale
Tainting her joy

Inside her heart, a piercing thorn
As sharp and incisive
As the stroke of a fang
A visit to the great beyond,
Her last resort

Sharply, her pains I inhale
Sitting below my skin, 
The depth of her piercing thorn
Round her thin dark hair, my hand hovers
Just to calm her intra-personal war

'Young girl', said I then to her
Brighter than the stars, the future
For the past can you change not'
Too dark, today's night
Too bright, tomorrow's sun

To wind back the hand of  time 
And save her day, my desire
To her,  the world was lost
Off she sadly went!
Permanent joy, all but a task

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 12/30/2017 6:22:00 AM
I like this lovely poem. The pain you described here did nothing to diminish the beauty of the poem. How many of our girls and indeed children, have had their innocence stolen! Good write my brother!
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 12/31/2017 3:30:00 AM
Thank you my dear sister. I'm thrilled with your comment. Much love, Adeniji.
Date: 12/5/2017 7:37:00 AM
This made me cry. Lots of emotion in these words. Reading was such sweet sorrow and I genuinely appreciate when a poem can bring about those emotions.
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 12/5/2017 3:49:00 PM
Dear Stefani, thank you for your kind gesture. Much love.
Date: 11/10/2017 1:30:00 PM
Worth reading again. Thanks for your visit.
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 11/11/2017 11:44:00 PM
Thanks again, Richard. Much love.
Date: 10/26/2017 10:48:00 AM
Dear Gideon: Well said. Leon
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 11/8/2017 3:32:00 PM
Thank you for checking by, dear Leon.
Date: 10/2/2017 7:34:00 PM
This tears at my heart, crimes such as this are far too common in this world. You expressed a dark scene with a spirit of compassion.
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 10/3/2017 7:11:00 AM
The world itself is cruel to its inhabitants especially the less-privileged. I am thrilled with your comment as always, Richard.
Date: 9/30/2017 11:45:00 PM
Thanks again for inspiring my poem. This poem is superb full of creativity and lots of literary devicesI. I truly enjoyed the poem and looking forward for more interesting poems and more interesting reviews from your side. Thank you again
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 10/2/2017 1:34:00 AM
Thank you Sanket. I'm thrilled to read you enjoyed the poem and looking forward for more poems and my reviews. Much love and joy to you.
Date: 6/8/2017 10:42:00 AM
A brilliantly written tragic/compassionate poem, Adeniji. Your compassion perhaps helps save her tortured soul. Such cruelties bestowed on the innocent is painful to see or hear. You breached the gap well. Your poem is a living treasure for us. Ty for this poetic gift of love. Great poetry and a fave. Love always, brother.
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 6/10/2017 6:53:00 PM
I am very elated to hear from you my friend. What a joy! Freddie, as always, your comment is indeed therapeutic to my soul. Much love from me to you my friend.
Date: 6/4/2017 7:14:00 AM
What an agonizing pain you are describing here; you couldn't 'wind back the hand of time and save her day' but you put hope back in her heart, and that is an immeasurable gift. :) Amitiés
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Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon
Date: 6/4/2017 6:52:00 PM
What a pleasure I have derived reading your comment! Thank you for checking by, Anne.
Date: 5/31/2017 8:32:00 PM
This is so heart-wrenching--and well-written! Janice
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Date: 6/1/2017 3:41:00 AM
Thank you for patiently reading the poem.
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