rape is not a four letter word
it is a silence so thick
you will choke on
the blue black feathers
of it’s grief
you will writhe & wretch
splutter & spit, resist
for as many years as it takes
to accept
rape is not a four letter word
it is banshee wailing
a body stood still in ancient fields
head bent back
eyes lost in a blue black sky
guttural searching
purging
you will scream until there are no screams left
the trees will understand
rape is not a four letter word
it is the hours of loneliness
a blue black bird that pecks at the
brittle bone of chest
gathers debris from the depths
of this Woman-Body
makes a nest from the knowing
death will always birth life, rape
is not a four letter word
not a four letter word
not a word
not a word
not a word
Wow so moving, so true