Deafening Silence
Deafening Silence
Did you hear the deafening silence,
While a young girl whimpered for help
Lying broken, beaten and battered,
Tossed at the side of some street?
Did the deafening silence scream in your mind,
While a woman frantically dialled for help
Being trapped in her own car
Surrounded by strange men?
Does the deafening silence wail in your heart,
The cries of all those babies who died too soon,
The babies that were forcefully put in their mothers’ wombs?
Does this deafening silence engulf you,
Like the shroud that covered the body of the girl,
The girl who died of shame, for a crime she didn’t do?
Does the silence ring in your ears,
And echo through your skull
While a lonely girl tries to scrub away filth from her skin
Dirt that is in her mind, pain that has left her numb?
Does this silence protect you,
While girls wish they weren’t pretty,
Wishing they could escape the wanting eyes that follow their bodies?
This deafening silence broke her
Broad daylight burning her skin as he had his way with her.
This deafening silence killed her
As she fought for her life, lying at the edge of a road in her own blood.
This deafening silence haunted her,
As he drove past, grabbing between her legs.
Cries, wails, sobs, screams.
Whispers, whimpers.
Yet,
Deafening silence.