Stay Off The Angels, I Tell You So! ! ! ! Poem by sreelekha premjit

Stay Off The Angels, I Tell You So! ! ! !

Rating: 5.0


A dry soundless scream is stiffled
nails sink in and head shakes violently

hair is strewn and swollen breasts heave
legs are torn apart

violence is thrust mindlessly
poor hands fail to protest, prevent

numbed heart screams
a living dead body sighs

pain, hurt and humiliation
punish the one already devastated

prey not upon the daughters so! ! !
stay off the angels, i tell you so! ! ! !

returning from the dead she shall
wreck vengeance
shedding her incompetency she shall
take on violence

if for generations she stood for kindness
if for times unknown she was living lovingness
if times call and situations so demand
if need be she can change her stand

prey not upon the daughters so! ! ! !
stay off the angels, i tell you so! ! ! !

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sadiqullah Khan 21 January 2009

prey not upon the daughters so! ! ! stay off the angels, i tell you so! ! ! ! , , , , , , , , how angry and how true, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Gil Valiente 23 January 2009

Thank you for this recommendation. I'm glad to have read it. Thank you...10

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Deva De Silva 22 January 2009

You paint raw feelings of frustration and misery through strong verses. I hear screams... I feel pain... I see injustice... I sense a hope for change at the same time. 'if need be she can change her stand' Yet angles remain indifferent and a lone angry voice stand up for them. This is what I see... Thanks. Deva

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Fiona Davidson 22 January 2009

Strong images you've painted here...well said and written...thank you...Fi

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Andrew mark Wilkinson 22 January 2009

So eloquently said Sreelekha, with powerful and thought provoking words...10

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Kesav Easwaran 21 January 2009

powerful words...powerful warning...should pierce many a guilty hearts to bleed...10

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