Look and Listen

By: Musue N. Haddad

Listen you’ll hear,
The cry of a wounded heart
She carries a child
Lives in terror
Both day and night.

Listen you’ll hear
Brutal and loud shouts
Voice of the salvage abuser
Fists, feet, shoes, yell, bark
Vicious giant, brutal weapons

Look keenly and you’ll see
Frighten unborn child
Moves, seeks refuge in the womb
Mother, pleads, begs, sobs
Beast proudly grins

Will you stop to listen?
Take a time to look...?
Two pairs of eyes in tears,
Two pairs of hands beckon for you.
Will you listen, or turn away?

(Drafted early 2004)
Copyright © Musue N. Haddad