I Wish You Could Have Run, Girl
written by: Hawla Riza
@HawlaRiza
The bags are piping,
and your eulogy is sounding.
Girl, why didn’t you run?
When the first blow landed,
and love became terror,
with a loaf of bread and a few pennies,
why didn’t you run, girl? Run.
Time’s out though,
and we sit here forlorn,
watching as your bruises sob,
underneath a white shroud,
wishing to have run.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
A poem written in remorseful remembrance of women who died by domestic violence.
A former HR Professional and now a Trainer and Lecturer by profession, I took solace in writing as I stormed through an especially difficult period in life. It is now a purely cathartic experience to explore the vast tapestry of my emotions through the written word and pour my heart and soul into my poems.
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