O’Rapist, A Poem Composed by Monalisa Parida

O’ RAPIST!

A Poem Composed by Monalisa Parida 

O’ Rapist!

She knew that

You can’t listen

To the jingles of her nerves

The rainbow brewing

On her lips

The dreams awaking

In her night long hours

And the carnival of soul

In her entire body.

O’ Rapist!

You didn’t give her

A little opportunity

To know her view.

You didn’t ask for her will

But played with her flesh

Until she became speechless not fearless.

Maybe

Keats was wrong to assume that

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholders”

He mustn’t have conjured the notion that

“Only flesh lies in the gaze of beasts.”

Bio of the poet: Monalisa Parida is an M.A. in English literature. She is from Odisha, India and has published five books of different genres like poetry and grammar books.  Her books are available on Amazon.