It must be stated clearly: rape is never justified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No excuse is ever found where a person\u2019s soul has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dignity is ripped away, and permanent trauma is sewn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the hearts of survivors whose pain is left unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sexual harassment is a line that must never be crossed;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When boundaries are broken, a person\u2019s peace is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arguments are heard where the victim is blamed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where the choice of their clothing is cruelly named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It is said that the night was too late for a walk,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or that drunkenness invited the predator\u2019s stalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is claimed that a dance was a silent “yes,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As if a rhythm gives a right to cause such distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But it must be remembered: if consent was not given,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime was committed, and a life was un-driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This burden is carried by women and men alike,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the lightning of trauma does not care where it strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The sacredness of the act is so often ignored,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the bodies of the vulnerable are treated like a board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blame is turned back on the ones who were hurt,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Told that the “temptation” was found in a skirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Because money was sent, or because a door was locked,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The truth of the assault is too often mocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stories are hidden of the boy in the room,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where power was used to seal his quiet doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Or the girl from the shadows, in need of a hand,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whose desperation was used as a platform to stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cruel things are done by those who should lead,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ignoring the cries, ignoring the need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The child who could barely speak a word was taken,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her life was discarded, her tiny soul shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The student was drugged while she thought she was safe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Left with a memory that she cannot erase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The man was betrayed and broken by peers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His masculinity used to fuel his own fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wife is ignored in her own marriage bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where “price” is the reason consent is left dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Rape is not justifiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The law is clear, and the act is illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No defense should be built for what is purely evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injustice is covered by a society\u2019s veil,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the stories are leaking; the system is frail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The silence must be broken. This tide can be turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the lessons of respect that must finally be learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Together, the cycle is stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Together, the truth is dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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