Whats My Fault?

by Lonely Rider   Sep 16, 2010


Hollow faith caress bruised esteem,
scars hidden underneath the seam,
night reverberate silent screams,
aborted dreams, aborted dreams

fractured by lustful invasion,
modesty lies among treason,
Why victims are pinned as reason?
unfold questions, unfold questions.

drenched in shame, locked in guilty vault,
she gulps down his ruthless assault,
striving for answers, 'What's my fault?'
When life will halt, when life will halt?

** Whether its molestation, rape or any other sexual assault - Why is it that our society victimizes the victim? Why do the victims have to live in shame and suffer the ridicule?

Form: Monotetra
The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form,is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated. It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    You are right, victims are the ones who are
    mostly blamed then the accused...its a sad, sad situation...
    Well done with this form!

  • 14 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    Your poems have always left me with thoughts of (WHY) How society allows such horribe things to happen. Rape is with out a doubt done from a man with an evil soul.

  • 14 years ago

    by Jad

    A very powerful write as already stated. I loved the repetition in each stanza and as you already said. It is very sad about victims being the one criticied. You have penned my opinion clearly. Good job and keep writing.