Thoughts

Can’t sleep, still thinking about these war crimes

I'm just so disturbed, realising how rape has been such a big part of war for as far back as humans go. To realise that during each of these wars, it's been commonplace for soldiers, for these 'normal' men, to commit so many rapes. I've long thought that rape was something committed only by the few and far between, by those with damaged or troubled psyches, and it's been incredibly upsetting for me to tonight accept that that's far from the truth.

Poems

Pristine suffering in a dirty world

I allow myself to write About my suffering But every day The news tells me Of far more extreme evils happening Today I read about a girl of seven in India Who after being gang-raped Had her liver and lungs taken Which were given To a couple Who wanted to conceive Who then ate the… Continue reading Pristine suffering in a dirty world