Mute
Anamika Kundu posted under
Tale-a-thlon S4: Poetry
on 2024-08-21
It was a dark night that witnessed the rape, as if mute
Innocent, helpless, watched the brutes while just mute!
Threatening truth, the dark underbelly, she exposed
Her own fragility, her strength, while truth stood mute!
Fear fanned the savage minds, together they attacked
Harmless girl she was no longer, her strength, not mute!
When the world slept, the corrupt, the cunning, ganged up
Cause Kali and Durga would watch, helpless and mute!
The lifesaver, knew not- wolves in packs would arrive
Tearing limbs, ripping organs, while she writhed, a mute!
The night summoned Day, trumpeted the heinous deed
Stirring all, while in her coffin she lay still and mute!