Lily Lost
We could barely see a touch of brow
And could not view the budding rose
Beneath the trellis of a veil
Where seeds and sprouts of courage grew
Her innocence was pure with gold
But silenced by a brutal oath
Of ancient code, old oppression kept
Young girls like her, are used and spent
How did it come to be this way?
That stalk, and rape, and make her prey
To tear a child, each piece by piece
No mercy for what she might have been
The tears now dry, where smiles begin
Once shuttered tight, to hold and hide
Against the dark, against the tide
She'll rise up now to face the wind
She stands here tall, against the rain
Determined now, to rise again
To give us hope, there'll be an end
Her strength is greater than the sky
A child, this lily in the bud
Has lost the youth, we can't forget
For change that comes at bitter cost
Was once a child that we have lost
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