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Sex Trafficking

Why me? 
                                              by Ria Cheng 
                                                 Why me?
       I ask myself as I feel the foreign tough of strangers on my skin
                        A touch that feels like pricks on a needle 
                                                 Why me?
                      I ask myself as I feel shivers down my spine
                        As my hands grip tighter on the handle                
                                                  Why me?
                        They tie me up and throw me in a corner 
                           I scream but their fierce don't falter 
                                   I struggle to run away 
                           But there is no running from abuse
                               Their relentless smile glisters 
                                  I yell so that they can see
                           They don't know what they will do 
                                     But no on listens 
                                                   Why me?
                       I keep on fighting, but I know there is no flight   
                      They have already won, to them I have no right.
                         I am a slave at their mercy, unable to speak. 
                           I am bonded by fear, I will never be free.
                                                   Why me?
       I feel the chains on my hands: I feel the chains on my heart.
                   I don't remember what it was like to be me. 
                       When does it end? How did it start?
              I feel the chains on my soul, slowly tearing me apart.
               Someone somewhere is having the time of their life
                                                   Why me?
               Someone somewhere doesn't know what abuse is 
                                                So why me?
                         I feel the life being sucked out of me 
                           I feel the fight in me drifting away 
                            They say tomorrow will be better 
                           But I can't afford to hold on today.

Copyright © Ria Cheng | Year Posted 2018




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