{"id":90879,"date":"2013-04-22T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=90879"},"modified":"2013-04-22T10:24:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T14:24:50","slug":"dpc-poetry-she-wishes-for-evanescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/poetry\/dpc-poetry-she-wishes-for-evanescence\/","title":{"rendered":"DPC POETRY: She Wishes for Evanescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-89562\" alt=\"dpc logo\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dpc-logo.jpg\" width=\"107\" height=\"110\" \/><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: Due to the circumstances of Friday April 19, 2013, Dominica News Online (DNO) did not publish DPC Poetry. We now present the latest edition of this collaborative feature of DPC (Domnichen Poetic Circle) and DNO.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Darkness spreads across the room<br \/>\nHer mind is in a state of gloom<br \/>\nShe feels like the rain only falls on the windows of her room<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>Then that knock on her bedroom door<br \/>\nFrightens her and she begins to cry \u201cplease no more\u201d<br \/>\nThen that monster comes in and beats her with his venomous snake<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>He rapes her!<br \/>\nBrutally beats her when she refuses to conform to his request<br \/>\nShe screams out \u201cI will claim my dignity!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I pray the wrath of God falls on him like lava escaping from the vent of a volcano<br \/>\nI say this decisively!<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>The foul language and profanity that he uses is unheard off:<br \/>\nBitch, slut, worthless piece of s**t you name it<br \/>\nDamn! This dude done drag this little girl down to the pit<br \/>\nRobbed her of her innocence<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>Like a baby crying out for its mother\u2019s breast<br \/>\nShe screams out to God and asks him to give her body rest<br \/>\nThis man, this monster, this bloodthirsty mess<br \/>\nIs sucking the life out of her<br \/>\nStealing that little girl\u2019s happiness<br \/>\nLike a vulture scavenging on animal\u2019s flesh<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>Her pride gone with the wind<br \/>\nDesires no longer exist<br \/>\nHis insensitivity, arrogance and insolence<br \/>\nCauses her to fear him<br \/>\nShe despises mortality<br \/>\nInto the unseen world she searches for spirituality<br \/>\nThoughts of suicide bring her to insanity<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence.<\/p>\n<p>But he doesn&#8217;t give up<\/p>\n<p>He wants her to fall to her knees and worship him<br \/>\nLike he\u2019s some god<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI bow down to no man\u201d she says and that upsets him<br \/>\nIn the outside world she is inconspicuous<br \/>\nHer judgment she receives as she walks through the streets<br \/>\nThousands of eyes fixed upon her<\/p>\n<p>Fingers pointed straight at her<br \/>\nAt that moment<br \/>\nshe wishes for evanescence<\/p>\n<p>Tears roll down her battered cheeks as a sense of worthlessness spread through her body<br \/>\nLike venom from a snake<br \/>\nLaughter falls like a lyrical curse on her ears as she begins to shake<br \/>\nThey don\u2019t know what she is going through- to them her life doesn&#8217;t matter<br \/>\nThe thought that no one cares pierces her heart like a dagger<br \/>\nShe wished she had in her possession the sands of time<br \/>\nBut happiness is not just something you can buy<br \/>\nSo she just wishes for evanescence<\/p>\n<p>She wishes for evanescence because<br \/>\nShe still believes in something<br \/>\nShe has tied green ribbons on the chest of youth<br \/>\nAnd is still searching for truth<br \/>\nShe has seen happiness in a place where no one has ever seen it before<br \/>\nIn due time she knows her sadness will be no more<br \/>\nShe wishes for evanescence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s note: Due to the circumstances of Friday April 19, 2013, Dominica News Online (DNO) did not publish DPC Poetry. 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