Violence
When aggression reigns
People’s solidarity feigns
Peace to give rise to new
Violence that undermines a few.
Women and children being
Weaker are in danger of prying
Away their self-worth with words’
Derogatory punches that blows …
Blows that rain down like
A thundstorm of screams that aren’t fake,
But rather, breaks ensue
That take eons to heal in a pew.
Escape is sometimes the only
Way to endure this period of powerfully
Oppressive and subjugated conditions
That requires succor from the perfections
Of a society whose aim is self-preservation,
And where victims of violence live in perdition.
©️Malak Kalmoni Chehab ©️
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Poetry for Change 