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Mary Norwood Poem
Caged Women, treated like cave women,
not by our men like long ago.
Caged women, treated like crazed women,
a power struggle only few women know.
Dominated to the fullness
Not a chance in hell to win
Degraded beyond comprehension
all faith and hope running thin.
Caged women, Screws try their best to keep you down
Crazed women, always walk with their eyes to the ground
"The chains" clankety clank clank,
Not just on our feet on our hearts
"The chains" Clankety clank clank
linking the human to human parts
"The chains" Clankety clank clank
Sounding out into empty space and time
Heavy on our waist, even heavier on our minds
"Dammed Chains!"
Caged women, can't take much more of this
Crazed women wondering why we take this --it
Caged women, thinking time for revolution
Crazed women, fighting back is the only solution
"The sticks" Bipperty bam bam
crash down upon your head
"The sticks" Bipperty bam bam
beat you till damm near dead
"The sticks" Bipperty bam bam
back into the dorms we flock
"The Sticks" Bipperty bipperty bang
will someone send for the Doc?
"Dammed Sticks!!!"
Copyright © Mary Norwood | Year Posted 2005
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Mary Norwood Poem
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.
Copyright © Mary Norwood | Year Posted 2005
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