Nancy Kaufman Poet Rhyme

One out of five

He was 6 foot 3.
I was 5 foot 5.
My only thoughts at that moment were staying alive..
Caught in the tenacles of his grip, helpless as I witnessed
my top rip..
My bra lifted up as  mammoth paws perspired, my
round breasts exposed, he paused and admired..
"You are beautiful" he said and then forcibly
he pushed down my head..
My face now buried in a groin, male parts exposed.
I caved to his needs with hopes he would go..
One predator preying on a weaker sex.
I was grateful that he hadn't broken my neck..
One vulnerable woman who managed to survive,
in a country where sexual assaults happen to one out of five..

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Martin Challender June 8, 2024 at 12:47 AM Powerful stuff Nancy, thought provoking too. Well done & take care.

Darlene De Beaulieu June 3, 2024 at 3:36 PM Hello Nancy, oh, that was terrible to happen to you. oh, i hope he gets caught. I feel badly that you went through this ordeal. double Hugs. hugs. /Darlene/

Ilene Bauer June 3, 2024 at 12:09 PM what an awful experience, nancy! as i read this, i kept hoping that it was fiction, but it sure doesn't sound like it. i'm sorry that anyone has to go through something like that and it makes it so much worse knowing that it happens "to one out of five." a powerful poem...

Kim Rodrigues June 3, 2024 at 6:58 AM A raw write. Perhaps the need to be exposed, not X-rated but vile and vicious and like you said one out of five. Done for pleasure of one, not caring about the other, where tenderness and love should be, or saved for not as such as them. You might want to read my poem-Hostage of One Night. Hugs, sweet Nancy