The Beast Inside Us
they come to you and won't leave you alone
trying to rub down your resistance
they won't leave you alone
as if you are property
this female doesn't belong to a man
then she belongs to anyone who wishes to take her
why do they rape us with their eyes
we are human beings
why must we be chained like animals to be protected
why does freedom for women become chains and bars
and the death of individuality and freedom
I wish they could know this rape
fully understand the severe anguish
confronted with the bastardization of a beautiful rite
to one that sickens is limitless in the realm
we want them to feel what we feel
there is a beast inside us
they put it there
© JACM 15 August 2009
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