Beautiful women are objects of admiration, <br />Especially when they are innocent and chaste. <br />Virginity is valued for prospective brides <br />And is not to be sacrificed to thoughtless haste <br /> <br />Of course, they are highly valued elsewhere as well <br />And they’re taken to become slaves and kept women, <br />Stolen from their families by someone they trusted <br />And sold as raw goods like a horse to be broken <br /> <br />They are demoralized by the betrayal of their trust, <br />But their spirit’s intact and demands are refused. <br />They’re going to be taught that they’re only objects of lust, <br />So they are brutally raped, battered and abused. <br /> <br />Their objections do not matter and are met with laughter. <br />Soon they learn that to complain is to invite more pain, <br />Only increasing the amusement of their new masters <br />And so it goes until they are thoroughly trained... <br /> <br />They’re taught who’s boss and to acknowledge their masters... <br />Sodomized, battered, abused, ashamed and confused, <br />They’re shared by many men and their spirit’s shattered, <br />Learning that their only value is in how they’re used. <br /> <br />They’re moved across borders, they’re the syndicates’ now, <br />They’ve become aliens with falsified passports. <br />They’re convinced that even the police are corrupt <br />And are afraid to seek protection from the courts. <br /> <br />Their descent is complete and they’re living in fear... <br />Their beauty is lost, replaced by something artificial <br />What was once a life full of promise has become <br />A personal Hell, thanks to rape, trauma and betrayal.<br /><br />Karl Stuart Kline<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/2-4-betrayal-sold-as-raw-goods-like-a-horse-to-be-broken/
