Ode To Victor Hugo (93) 'the Miserable' prostitution Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

Fantine's Purchase

by Freeyad Ibrahim

The true story of Fantine is
A slave purchased from:
Poverty
Hunger
Cold
Loneliness
Defenceless
Destitution
A squalid bargain
A human soul for a hunk of bread
Poverty offers
And society accepts
Our society is governed
by the precepts of Jesus Christ
but it is not yet imbued with them
We say that slavery has vanished
from European civilization
But this is not true
Slavery still exists
But now it applies only to Women
And its name is Prostitution
It preys of
Grace
Frailty
Beauty
Motherhood.
Fantine has known everything
Borne and suffered everything
Lost everything
And shed her last tear
She is resigned with the resignation
that resembles in difference
as Death resembles Sleep
She no longer seeks to escape
From anything,
Nor does she fear anything
Let the heavens fall
Let the tides of the sea engulf her
And what can it matter
She had had her fall

FRYAD HUGO
Netherlands
Author, Writer