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A Child Bride's Tale
Airyn R. Lentija
Only a stationary pain resides in her heart,
Like a tainted lake it never flows;
And though her all was torn apart --
His badness grows.
She wept under the bosom of darkness,
Built strong fences around her fears;
Her burning insanity stirred her weakness --
To save his ears.
Her tiny mind screened in malnutrition,
As it considered to need less food than his;
Of what she prepared she took less--
The devil's bliss.
Because her youth fled that day, at
Noon he pulled down her pants and wandered;
She begged the breeze to hear her plea, but --
He raped her.
She was fifteen and had a wedding ring,
Locked and frozen without mirth;
An infinity symbol of child trafficking --
A hell on earth.
He had owned her for few rupees,
And sold her organs to brokers;
Who bought her from her family--
The exploiters.
Airyn R. Lentija, of Philippine
heritage, is a domestic helper in Hong Kong. Her life, like with many
foreign domestic workers, has been full of responsibilities, poverty,
hardships. Many of her dreams, as for advanced education,
have not been realized. Her poetic talents have been recognized and
published multinational. airynlentija@gmail.com
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