Home
'Home'
This place she calls home
They preach about women's rights
Yet, they're fed with rape twice a day
While sexual harassment has found a
place to dwell
This place she calls home
Activists placards read 'Say No To Rape'
Sadly, at every corner of the streets
A girl child has been beaten, tortured
and rape
This place she calls home
Love is not a religion
Instead of protecting her rights
They're desiringly protecting their salary
Mama has fallen to the floor
Little kebbeh has been touched wrongly
Yet, the government sleeps on the case
Cause Hon. X has climbed the stairs
This place she calls home
Rape has now become a culture
Officials subscribe to evil politics
Allowing young minds to become victims
of the society
This place she calls home
At the high table of decisions-making
Her rights are loosely compromised
She now bears witness of sexual violence
She craves for quality education
Good home, happy family and children
Yet, they serve her with their
Devouring her dreams and aspiration
Listen society!
The broken walls of her heart is covered
with pains and frustration
She needs justice; justice for peace
I think the magical poet has written
Copyright © Edwin Olu Bestman | Year Posted 2020
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