Debjani Mitra Poet Rhyme

My Only Crime

This poem is written in response to a horrific incident that happened in Unnao in India.


With fragments of  dream in my gaze
I too longed for a lotus to blossom
With nascent wings cresting my sky
I too longed to rise high from bottom.

In cruel slaughter, a doormat  trampled
in dark of night gleamed sneaky smiles
a body in terror all frozen and  numb 
deceitful words  bleakened  evil eyes.

 Rape survivior, you called me Unnao girl
 pining to live my days, to forget my past
 blood dried on legs, cheeks wet in tears.
 knocking doors for help, in pain overcast .

Civilized countrymen,  burn candle flames
lecture human rights on my life of grime
as iron  fists of power, burned me alive
that I cried for justice, was my only crime.


Dated 8th December 2019
Sponsor	Emile Pinet
Contest Name : Your Best New Poem

* Unnao is a  small city in India.
Five men, including two who were accused of raping a young woman set her on fire while she was on her way to court for the hearing. Her last words were,  " please save me...hang my killers"

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Jenish Somadas January 22, 2020 at 2:55 AM I wrote a poem on same subject.. 'Trial and the Judgement'.. So sad..

Silent One December 8, 2019 at 6:22 AM VEry sad and it happens so much.. there needs to be tougher sentences like death, that is the only way it will stop.. what a sad world we live in.. you wrote a great poem..