you were pushed from behind
I heard in the breathless notch
in your measured words
that catch
in your voice
the tremulous quaver
in your understated stand
I have felt those hands
(haven’t we all)
one knife-wielding
– in word or deed –
while the other lays claim
with eyes or clammy paws
to my plush backside
you are the embodiment
of cultured terror apparent
the carbon dated anguish
etched on your skin
your pain quivers
on articulated tips
of your educated tongue
I jump sky high
elbow cocked in self- defense
it fades yet never ebbs
that stretched rubber band
that inhabits cells
twangs unbidden
and we sproing!
he tantrums
spews vile rhetoric
wields his power
his privilege
in ways she would burn
at stake
would she dare give voice
were she to cry crocodile
her ovaries would fry
ahhh those tantrums
we choke down
swallow hot with rancid bile
those that would label
rabid bitch
raving psycho
because well behaved women
may bare our ankles
here in 2018
shoulders even (Oh my!)
but we step NOT
upon the tender toes
of fragile male privilege
under pain of recompense
Excellent! And what witnessed today on television!
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Horrendous wasn’t it? Thank you.
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We are that time in the history where a victim has to stand in from the 12 privileged men and recount her horror story to prove her credible when the privileged males get an easy pass. A very strong and powerful poem, Aurora.
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Thank you Megha.
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My pleasure Aurora
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Reblogged this on Megha's World and commented:
Come read this poem from the talented Aurora Phoenix which paints the brutal face of our reality.
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This was necessary
This was truth on fire
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Thank you Candice! I just couldn’t watch and be silent
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I’m SO glad you aren’t silent. 💓
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Lol thanks. I’m sure some might feel differently
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Fuck em 💓
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I probably won’t 😁💜
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Good! Hahaha!
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Oh the honesty in this really hits hard.
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Thank you Sarah. I certainly was not of a mind to mince many words
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No, certainly not. A piece like this should hit the reader in the gut. 💖
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👍💞
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