Freedom Rape Poems

Inspired by a moving storyline from a show. Rape takes more than a woman's body. It is a violation of her soul. 

Piece of her...

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Who... 

Am I. 
Am I who I am?
or, who I want to be?
The difference is in me. 
Night and day, 
not the color of my...

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A Good Boy

My son did not kill anyone. 
He did not rob a store. 
He did not beat anyone up. 
Do you hear me? 
Do...

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Butterfly

Butterfly sweet, 
lovely wings of gossamer gold. 
Stretch your tips to the stars, 
as that is the reality of freedom. 
Glide for hours above the...

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Staged or Stagnant

The gathering of people, 
from here and there, 
and everywhere, 
made possible 
by time. 

What is important to each person, 
yet more important...

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These concealed agenda,

unravelling soon, 

Stage by stage,

man a captive to man,

manipulated,

"Liberty" is lie,
 
they make the boundaries,

Locked in the prison in summer

separated in winter,

distancing like...

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On a never lonely street was  where I grew up
There  we played from morning  till dusk
 Then we woke up neat and...

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Truth Matters

Deplorable. 
That is what I am. 
That is okay with me. 
I work hard, 
Have a family. 
I support my wife, 
and my own...

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The End of Nothing

I am sitting...
waiting and thinking. 
Really going crazy, 
slowly insane. 
I am at home, 
trapped. (by discretion)

My guy is in the building....

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In the cold space,
between the ceiling and the rafters, 
angels drift like butterflies, 
ever answering the calls, 
of both hope and sorrow! 

A mother's song,...

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Commenting on the Weather

My coffee is hot, 
the cream was cold, 
the outcome... just right. 
The screen, 
the window out and into the world...
awaits my...

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The Rules 

They are changing, 
before our eyes. 
Well, not really for all. 
For some, they are brand new. 
For others, they are historic. 
Just...

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One Nation Under God

From sea to shining sea, 
manifest destiny. 
Every American third grader,
from 1960 and before, 
could recite all the most important facts, 
and...

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Fear of Acceptance

The queen called her jester, 
and requested a joke! 
He had nothing to say, 
He just sat there, 
as he had already choked....

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Buds Forever

Shorty was a little dog, 
Curly was too. 
They played every day, 
until there was nothing else to do. 

Rolling on the grass, 
digging...

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