When No One Is Watching by Linathi Makanda
Author:Linathi Makanda
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Ensorcellia (Odyssey Books)
Published: 2019-12-30T22:21:48+00:00
He was the funny guy
I remember all too well laughing at his jokes, too, a few times.
But the show was over.
He wasnât laughing anymore.
He was hurting me
Hurting me
Hurting me.
The smell of his hunger hovering over me still gives me nightmares.
Lord, he even took my sleep.
-Reliving the death of my own flower
I freeze at the mention of the R-word.
To be violated is to be silenced.
Oh, but I had learnt to put plasters on my gunshot wounds.
The bumpy car ride back home in his friendâs car was the worst.
The silence was deafening.
I wouldâve opted to walk home, but Lord knows I wouldâve collapsed on the way.
His driving had no mercy for my
Bloody
Pounded vagina.
He might as well have crashed the car
He might as well have killed us all.
I was half dead already, anyways.
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