Beauty Dishonored

Her mouth was shut

Her bones were broken

And her eyes cried her last

Mercy unspoken

Her hands were tied

Into disrespect

And bullets riddled her

Beauty forsaken

A year had passed

Her whispers remain

Screaming out from the ground

Like prisoners of war

For death undeserved

For justice deprived

For her beauty silenced

For her beauty forsaken

A beauty dishonored!

(A tribute to all women who died at the MAGUINDANAO Massacre in Philippines, Nov.23,2009)

poem by Bernard Jess Sagpang
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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