Tears of Things

A bride ran a dark alley to escape her doom 

but got inside the elevator with someone

whose feelings she didn’t want to hurt

if he was to hurt her it would be her fault

since she knew better and had a choice 

it’s the age of empowerment after all

but hell is the nightly thoughts of a girl

 

The women at the market sell like prostitutes 

they have nothing to offer but rotten fruits

their beauty tried to trade them for property

therefore they took their own virginity

because they don’t care to lose their money 

nowadays their bodies are the real currency

to be treated decently doesn’t come for free

A lady looks at a stranger on the dance floor 

her hand on her cup cause it’s the real world

sad to think she’d be safer if she was his

but her young inexperience is hard to resist

she ignores his duress cause he says please 

by the time she realises she has been naive

she’ll grow into a woman no one will believe

 

A blonde on tv takes justice out of silence 

the law agrees ten seconds isn’t violence

but miscarriage left the stain in her womb

so now she’s the bad guy of the courtroom

she wanted to prove how women play victim

and fucked her way up to top pornography

there you can watch how she asked for it

 

A home poetess writes to make amends

she said her art is dearer than her husband

holding a pen makes her feel like a person

she senses his dissent through the keyhole  

when he’ll burst in her room to retake control

she’ll endure proudly confirming her fidelity

she was prepared for it to happen eventually