Violated Poem by Kandayia Ali

Violated



I awake to the sounds to the train moving across the tracks. Realizing that I cannot relax! Why? Because, by the time on my watch- I should have been just leaving the club scene- But instead, I'm here- in a room- dark- and serene... I get up to move finding that I'm bound- I panic- but I don't think I'm going to be found... Why? I'm handcuffed in this room- to a headboard- and no matter how loud I cry to the Lord.... There is only silence afterwards- no one else but me- This is a tragedy!

Who's gonna help me? I called on God, and he can't even hear me for the sound of the train- I don't know what else to do- am I going insane? Then I see him- that guy I smiled at; the one that offered me a drink. I remember me agreeing to receive his invite to talk- because I wanted to know who he was and how he thinks- I remember thinking to myself, how 'fine' he was, and how I could 'swing that' This is not the same man- his whole attitude has changed... He seems to be turned on by my pain- My head is spinning, I must be high, these cuffs are too tight- cutting off my blood supply! This is not what I expected- nor what I could ever see coming my way. He seemed like he only had the most intelligent things to say... Now his words are vulgar- threatening to cause me more harm- It's wet from a leaky ceiling- I'm finding it hard to keep warm...

He parts my legs, tying them so that I won't be able to fight- raping me, repeatedly- throughout the night, until I lost all hope for tomorrow- all hope for today- all hope for living I only wanted to die at that particular time... So many things went through my mind- I couldn't stay awake- the agony caused me to black out. The rays of the sun through a crack in a covered window- caused me to soon lash out- into a 'set me free; someone help me' rage and frenzy- But no one can hear- cause it's just me- I have been raped by life, repeatedly- trapped deep down- never to be found... Screaming to be free- from the inside of me....

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