WEPT

They won’t hurt you here, he said

But in the end, all she did was bled

And the stories, they continued to spread.

Posts were written, anger was displayed

Some agitated, some fervently prayed

But sadly, justice was denied and delayed.

They say that such things take time to end

They say that punishment may not make amends

But who’s to say - if they’ll break or we’ll bend.

The voices will get louder, anger will rise

But all of us are wondering, if this alone will suffice

For the fault lies in us, we must pay the price.

We may worship the deities, but inside us lies black

We may walk to temples, but its humanity we lack

And for all of that, we must face the flack.

This isn’t us, this is the story of a nation

This problem lies within, it’s our own creation

So let’s not treat it like a tumour, in isolation.

When we get to the root, we’ll see the rot

How impoverished we are, in mind and thought

And how much little we were really taught.

We all have crosses to bear, this is ours to accept

The fact that as a society, we’re morally inept

And somewhere close by, another girl has wept.