She pressed the shiny steel blade
Into her unflinching soft flesh
Slowly but deeper and harder
Her tiny well-kept fingers shaking
But her fists tightly clenched.

She wanted to scream
But the voices in her head
Swallowed her weak cry
Her eyes tightly shut
Hoping she would wake up
In a better, and less cruel world.

She wondered why no one was there
To bade her warm farewell
To tell her it wasn’t her fault

She could feel her blood
Slowlydripping through her palms
Her mouth filled
With a taste of her tears
Her white dress slowly soaking wet.

She could see him clearly
As if he was standing next to her
She could hear the echo
Of his words and promises
Just as clearly as he had said them.

Then he had left her
Just when she couldn’t stand
Just when her world had crumbled
She needed a shoulder,
But he wasn’t there for her.

She wished she had known better
She could have taken a different path
Her life won’t be in pieces
And her heart in such agony
If only she had known
He wasn’t man enough.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes
Drew the knife from her skin
Maybe there was an answer…
Oh yes! She had a reason to stop
Her unborn baby
Her priceless gift from God.

He was neither worth a single strand of her hair
Nor a drop of her precious tears
He was just a boy
Scared to be a father
Scared to be a man
And she was a beautiful young woman
Whose life must go on…
Don’t you agree?
Coz I do.