A poem written on 6 March 2020
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Trigger warning: Sexual violence
We are at war. We’ve been at war. We are victims of a nationwide epidemic; a femicide like no other. We are victims and survivors. But, we are not all survivors.
How many women, LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming persons have to die before our country gets the message? Before our government protects us? Before men stop raping us? It’s already been too many… There are survivors who are struggling to even breathe, because their rapists still walk free.
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A poem written on 21 August 2018
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A poem written in July 2018
It’s grey outside
and the rain begins to fall.
I can hear the droplets stream
onto my windowpane,
then the thunder cracks
and the wind howls.
It comforts me
when the sky cries out like this,
when the thunder shouts,
when the wind flails around
almost aimlessly…