eco.logic.soul

The brutality of the man
Filled with darkness he cannot contain
Disguised in uniform
Meant to evoke respect and fear
Power abused
And us – we are powerless

Naïve, concerned
A question asked
His response was in violence
Swallowed into the grips of the monster
She is pleading –
He does not hear her
He does not care

Defenseless
She is lifted off the ground
and flung upon the pavement
Her elbow breaks her fall
But it does not matter
Her head smashed
against the unforgiving asphalt
Her hands wrenched behind her
Cuffed to secure her capture
She is taken
Treated like a criminal
Yet there was no crime

We watched
Full of anger rage disbelief
Helpless in the moment
There was nothing we could do
We did not know why it happened
But we knew it was not fair
The night had been full of laughter
Now full of rage
Helplessness confusion rage

To them she is not human but a criminal
Bleeding and crying and full of fear
Chained to the bed
She does not feel safe here
She sits and glares at the monster
Not once does he look
He must know what he’s done
It was so wrong

The white of her bone can be seen
The numbness is gone
She feels every stitch sewn
Through her bruised and mangled skin
Undeserving and innocent
She endures the wrath of the monster
Trauma to her body, mind, soul

He tried to make her feel
Weak powerless insignificant
Still hurting from within and out
It is hard for her
To turn the anger inside out
But she must…she must….
Muster up the courage and the strength
To be whole
She cannot let this tragedy destroy her soul

As helpless and hopeless as she feels
There is still hope
There is still love
There is still justice
There is still goodness in the world
This is her hope
This is what will make her whole again

The darkness of the man
Will not take her soul away
He will only make her stronger
than she ever was before
He will give her the courage
she never knew she had
She will fight the fear
She will defeat
The shadow monster.