"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY

COLLECTIVE GUILT

Bruised and battered,bleeding,
who counts up the cost?
Of the many women.
in the legions of the lost.

Seduced,abused and murdered
abandoned then at will.
How can society tolerate
these macho brutes who kill?

Where are the protectors,
guardians of the law?
Are women so inferior ,
they're not worth caring for?

It does not seem to matter,
to the powers that be.
That such suffering is widespread.
Who cares, now the bitch is dead?

Next one may be your daughter,
your sister or your wife.
Isn't it time we made a stand
to protect every woman's life ,

We can't change human nature,
there is no reason why.
Civilised societies.
Should not make a try.

poeticpiers (I.E.Hogg)
UK
copyright 2002