"Ricordi"

International Day Against Violence Against Women
A poem dedicated to women who have suffered violence in the hope that such horrific events should never happen again.

rape
(that happened in Turin 21/02 / '09)

Breath on my neck
chills down my spine
and the grasping hand
blood on the face
retching

the acrid smell of sweat ill
the cross on his chest
sacrificed to pain

the fog in your eyes
terror in the face

the rest is torn
torn to shreds and made
raped

Maristella Angeli
(From "Listening to" The Author Books Florence)