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Oct 2024
Soul
A life once full, now forever still
A voice silenced; a heart chilled
A woman's body, broken and worn A soul crushed, by violence born
She walked with grace with hopeful eyes But darkness stalked with wicked guise A predator's grasp, a fatal squeeze
Her cries unheard, her pleas freeze
****'s brutal hand left her to die
A life extinguished a future denied
Her dreams, her laughter, her shining light Snuffed out, in endless, darkest night
Her story is one of countless more
A statistic in a gruesome score
A woman's life, reduced to shame
A victim blamed with no one to claim
But we remember her name, her face,
Her strength, her courage in a hopeless place We honour her in death's dark veil
And vow to fight for justice's frail
Let her memory ignite...
A fire that fuels a movement's might
To end the violence, the abuse, the pain And bring to justice, the perpetrators' stain
May her soul find peace in eternal rest And her story, inspire a world to protest Against the silence, against the shame And fight for women's rights to reclaim.
#saynotofemicidd
Written by
Dams  25/F/Nigeria
(25/F/Nigeria)   
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