by Duru Samuel Azubuike | |
Published on: Jan 24, 2008 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=18051 | |
She was pain-racked and dumb As she mined Her oddest ordeal. Black and blue marks all over her waist… The ravish lavished her soul! A gash it was in her conscience; Draconian distortion of her personality! Phobia became her constant companion As her psyche was thuggishly brutalized. She feared even her own silhouette - …a sheer prisoner in her own abode. Alas, I pity both! Yes! The defenseless damsel And the hulking predator. The duo are wretched captives; The stranglehold of the devil, Plunged them into apocalypse. Transient sweetness For protracted, internal shred. Foolish act! « return. |