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Quite Asleep

A poem that offers a brief insight into the vice of domestic violence.
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By Rabson Kashamba

Domestic Violence a photograph of a man's rounded fist with a terrified woman pleading in the background
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels
 
I fear not of him anymore,
Without any tremor I speak.
Letting it all out to free myself
When I am quite asleep.

A new day comes with rising sun
Again I see my usual self
All the courage I had is gone
Not ready even to say No.

One day it will never be a dream.
Surely I'll have had enough.
One day these speeches I dream,
I will make them become true.

 

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