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Captured.0519
3 years ago
Captured.0519 3 years ago

When in broad day light
You grop me
In the bus full of people
With their eyes finding scenary
Where my palpitations are not visible

When walking back to home
You just stuck your tongue
Muteing not only my voice
But my soul too
When people dismiss me
On basis of choice of my clothes

When nights go blind
And my voice echo
With sound of terror
With Adriline rushing through veins
When only instict should be fight or flight
But my body go numb

When my clothes are tattered
But your pleasure blooms
When my strength dies , with me
From the weight of your body
When our body cojoins
And my soul crushes

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Katz
3 years ago
Susan Katz 3 years ago

Thank you for submitting this very intense and emotional poem for consideration for Featured Poem of the Month for July.  Your poem has a very real and very meaningful message and we can feel your pain, your anguish your "crushed soul."  I would suggest, if I may, that you go over and check your English translation, as there are instances where the tenses are wrong, spelling is wrong, or meaning is not quite right.  The concept of "muting not only your voice" but your soul, as well - is strong and powerful.  Thank you for sharing with me, Susan

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