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ShaolinsOnlyPoet
Junior Member

since 2003-02-17

Posts 31
Brooklyn, New York

0 posted 2003-02-18 01:04 AM

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What is power?
power is the ability----
to produce an effect
power is authority
but who are you to me
who are you to make a lady
give you her body
does that make you feel manly
does it make you feel that you are the man
and that on your command
a woman should have to meet your demands
and engage in copulation
your penetration
was a violation
your domination
deserves assassination
and if I was her, I'd be the one to kill you
when you look in the mirror, what do you see
you deliberately
pushed her on the bed and performed
r--a--p--e
that makes you a rapist
she could have been
your niece
your aunt
your female cousin
your sister
your mother
your future wife, your future lover
and you still have no understanding of what you've done to her
what is power?
power is what comes with admiration and respect
and you have to respect your self
to expect,
respect from another
and apparently, you don't respect your self
b/c if you did, you wouldn't have raped her

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2003-02-18 03:40 AM

yeah, you said it!

Fauxreal
Junior Member

since 2003-02-16

Posts 38

2 posted 2003-02-20 07:59 AM

Once again I'm really feelin that. Alot of people here write about beauty and I'll write that when I feel that , but until then I'll continue to pen the reality as I see it- you keep doin the same.

DawnG

Senior Member

since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

3 posted 2003-03-02 10:38 PM

Wow! This one really hit home for me. Great write. I just pray and hope that maybe this is truly fiction and you or someone you love did not have to go through this.

Dawn

JP
Senior Member

since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

4 posted 2003-03-02 11:59 PM

tough stuff. strong and well rounded in concept. Hard to say you like something when the subject is distasteful, but you did a marvelous job.

Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
Nil Desperandum, Fata viem invenient

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2003-03-03 12:21 PM

Yep, real power is found within mutual respect. Rape is a disrespectful and violent act, and the perpetrator is slime.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

6 posted 2003-03-03 02:30 AM

Ok that one hurt - wow . . . taking a deep breath . . . xxoo

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