Choke me with your deepest darkest detestation
Burn me with sulphuric or nitric acid
intent to disfigure, maime and torture
Aim for my face, skins burning tissue
Expose and dissolve my bones
Render me blind to my place in this world
Leave me to question if this was my fault
I’m telling you to take these scars away
My family suffered because of me
Listen to my depression, far from endogenous
My mothers heart ive stricken
Everybody looks at me with pity
They say what a shame
She has lost her beauty
They say I am cursed
My heart is darkened
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Van dongen was hardened,
By his image in the mirror
Fed through a tube his light got dimmer
4 months in a coma,
But when he arise,
He pointed with his tongue and tears in his eyes
Daddy I can’t speak
There’s hope when he dies
His girlfriend was evil
Euthanasia is peaceful
To stop the upheaval, he cuts all ties.
🙏 Thank you for reading
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A/N I’ve never been a victim of an acid attack, but when I looked at the news I learnt that a 14 year old girl had suffered that fate. Although not much was said about why it happened, I wanted to bring our minds to her and the poem above is how she might be feeling. Based on my research on how others who have gone through this, said they were feeling.
I dug some more and came across Van Dongen, his story was very tragic and I wish he was still here with us, but I included him and his story in this poem to remind us that we suffer together, not apart.
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Amazing message; phenomenal writing! BRAVA Caitlin!!
Oh how terrible people can be to one another. I lived in NY and knew of a few cases. Geez, how black have people's hears become. Great poem to honor such horrors.
lovely piece of written
Wow! After that author's note you really get the full picture of how horrific a crime it is. Your words were powerful from beginning to end. Thank you.
Caitlin... I have to apologize for not popping on to your page sooner!!! You're writing is compelling and absolutely breathtaking!!
How thoughtful and beautifully written. A touching way to bring attention to these victims of acid attacks. Great job!
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Oh this was brutality embodied on a page 😮
Omgggg, that poor girl, my heart goes out to her. Loved your poem so much. It was so intense, poignant and emotional!
In Shakespeare's play King Lear, when the king learns that his daughter, Cordelia, was executed, he screams "Howl, howl, howl." When I read of these horrible attacks on women it makes me want to howl in anguish too. This is beautifully and sensitively written. Your empathy does you credit, Caitlin.
Such a powerful poem. Acid attacks are one of those things that are so horrible it's hard to believe they are true even though you know they are.
Tragic.
Thank you for this empathetic poem, Caitlin.
We all have scars and wounds in our hearts. However, we must look up and not do harm, because that comes back to us. Very powerful, thank you, you always move me
Anyone that would throw acid at anybody is one sick, nasty person. Your poem is one way to get a message across to someone.