Without consent
The rage has been building through time
Without Consent
A rage has been building through time
Generations of suffering
A body no longer mine
Laws to protect
Laws to shame
Laws that do nothing
Patriarchial's the name
Take off that colour
Take off those shoes
Why bother ask me
When I no longer get to choose?
A rage has been building through time
Innocent children
Scared lives, more bodies to find
Laws that blame victims
Laws that excuse
Laws that do little
Yet victims must choose
Stop walking home
Don't stay out late
Don't blame offenders
If you forget to lock the gate
A rage has been building through time
Tortured victims
and surviviors, a crime
Voices made silent
Voices unheard
Voices left screaming
in silence, so absurd
Don't drink the wine
Don't take the ride
Don't say no
If you choose to go inside
A rage has been building through time
Tired souls
And lost freedom entwined
Bodies left shamed
Bodies left bruised
Bodies of trauma
Lives lost and abused
A rage has been building through time
Red rage.
About the Creator
TJ Gordon
When we know more, do more, when we know better, do better.
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