Who Will Hear Her?
Who will hear her cries
When he dares her to cry out loud
Who will dry her eyes
As she wanders aimlessly through the crowd
Feeling trapped
with no where to turn
At his mercy with horrific lessons to learn
Sufferring in silence
not a whisper to be heard
Don't make him angry or you'll regret saying a word
Who will hear her
As she swallows her cries and choke on her tears
With cold packs on blackened eyes
Who will help her
Mind her business even if it is "not theirs"
Who will give her a second thought as her body is flung down the stairs
Will Anyone? Will you? Make it STOP! Call a COP!
or just ..., let it DROP!!!!
Not your business anyway
That a man beats a woman today
Had it coming' some will say
But- Who will say NOT or STOP or
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! CALL THE COPS!!!
Why bother?
When they get there.., they too are men
Unsympathetic with the pain that she's in
"If we have to come back" is usually the threat
Seems like she's not beat up enough yet
To satisfy their definition of "assault"
That's his woman and her lessons taught!
Who will hear her
Silent screams as she starts to fight back
Who will hold her
as her fragile bones start to crack
Who will defend her
when she finally makes a stand
That leaves the lifeless body
of a murdered man
Who will Judge her?
Of course not a jury of her peers
Not one has felt what she's felt
as her story they hear
Who will have mercy
for she's never found it before
When she ran seeking refuge she found closed and locked doors
In this land of the so called free
FREE WHAT???
Free to live in agony
In pursuit of life and liberty?
"NEWS FLASH"
In a male dominated society there is no female liberty
If he can freely beat me and expect me to be happy
With my scars and my blood
Leaking into my bowels
and no one -NO ONE
can hear my pleas
or rescue me
and then...,
They judge me for rescuing myself.
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