RED

Strange
How the rain
On her window
Always seemed so RED
The RED would very often
Crawl on her flesh
Creep into her bones
And enter into her breaths

These days she inhaled
And exhaled only RED

Was September RED in color?

Yes maybe
that would typically explain
Why the air
Smelled of
Wild galloping RED.
Of blood…
….sweat…
….screams

...And
White…
Fluidy..
Sticky shit
(For Ruchika and all the unfortunate girls who have been victims of child abuse )

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patspoems
A great poem about a very sad subject... Pat
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Rahul Aithal
Nice one, Sri.
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Rahul Aithal
Nice one, Sri.
 
seema chowdhury
A sad and poignant poem.
 
GEETASHREE CHATTERJEE
A sensitive and thought provoking post
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RAJ NANDY
Sri , A nice thought provoking poem ! - Raj
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nimal dunuhinga
The painful strong colour really gives an impression against the cruel sex exploitation of the puritan's World? Appreciation for your great slogan!
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ju
i more than like this. so well written. reminds me of Breakfast at Tiffaney's & Hollys "mean reds" --- heart breaking, horrific.
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spysgrandson
and a pretty potent ending
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spysgrandson
interesting take on this
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magnolia
OMG Sri, this was so hard to read and struck a painful cord. But awareness needs to be out there, time and time again.Drilling this message into abuses evil brains...but I guess nothing will change..a chilling poem..Maggie
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