She is just a Woman

She walks on the pavement quickly

With a prayer on her lips

Her pace increases

As the road darkens in gory silence

Oh! Don’t fear

She has committed no crime

She is just a Woman

Somebody pulls her towards a corner

Trying to feel her heaving breast

Trying to see parts of her

Through the clothes she wears

Shadows stay silent

As she is lain on the pavement

And groped every where

Oh! Don’t fear

She has committed no crime

She is just a Woman

A hand covers her mouth

As if the scream will wake the lord

Her eyes look for help

But sleeping shadows lurk every where

They laugh at her fear

But she does not

Oh! Don’t fear

She has committed no crime

She is just a Woman

She closes her eyes

And sees a vision

Furious clouds form her horizon

As her blood boils with anger

Biting, screaming, kicking

She shoves them one by one

Oh! Don’t fear

She has committed no crime

She is just a Woman

They come back at her

Trying to ram her courage

But she goes on

As her claws and teeth

Draw out filthy blood

The tigress in her, screams and bellows

As her kill lies on the ground

Her blood shot eyes look up

As they try to flee

Shattering the darkening silence

Her voice commands them to stop

Circling them slowly

She tries to gauge their fear

Hitting their faces one by one

She says,

“Oh! Don’t fear

I have committed no crime

I AM JUST A WOMAN”

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