The Consequences of a Stare

 In the bus, the train, in the back alley, the lane;

She analyses every person as if she is insane,

The key between her hand turns her knuckles white,

She angles her route according to the street light

As she calculates her distance upon time.

If something happens she will be blamed for the crime

She measured her clothes

The circumference of her neckline

The length of her skirt

Because the men were taught it equates her worth.

She never spread her legs

They were pried apart,

Everyone saw her body

Nobody fixed the broken heart,

But the heart didn't even break

It was her soul that shattered

Cause no one talked about what truly mattered.

Her body, her soul, her mind nothing she could call her own

And yet some men have the audacity to blame it on her phone.

To summarise it all,

She continues to live having hidden behind a wall

Because if someone saw even a bit

She will be the one asking for it.

-Tisya

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