#1 on the Never Ending List

Detached

bemused smile

graces pursed lips

as down the silvered blade

blood

drawn to the handle

held upright

crimson

gleaming in the fire light

at my feet

a man?

a dummy?

a woman?

I know not

only that my captor they were.

Flush with freedom

now I am

never looking back

never facing backwards

feral snarl

hands clawed

no longer a captive victim

bray at the moon

hunting down

the vile assassins

of childhood innocences

creating

molding

changing me

into a woman

who brokers no pain

will listen to no pleas

will heed no promises

as I stand

watching

head cocked

smile fading from these lips

eyes harden

out comes the list…..

one more down

a hundred more to go.

©Jan. 31/22

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Unexpected Hero(ine)

When do people notice?

When do they stop?

When do they finally see…..

pain

agony

black death

spreading across lands

decimating

not only the small

the weak

even those with the mightiest roars…..

silenced.

Sonnets of love

written with the prose of politics

serenading maidens false

doweries

impossible to keep

promised…..

in return

sell away her maidenhead

highest buyer wins.

Debase

degrade

demean

truth

honesty

justice

punch lines in a joke

the world does not yet get.

Flacid

immune

passive

society bows.

Who will rise up?

Who will take lead?

Who will prove their worth

knocking down those

who play at being almighty?

Save the lost maiden

blinded

restoring virtue

value

purity

mayhap all is not lost?

In the forest

none can see

for looking at the trees

came a hero

(heroine)

unexpected

unreceived.

 

©June 20/19

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