Poetry

She has fallen
through the cracks,
of the system
that just lacks,
that human touch
and eyes that really see
While she
suffered all the bruises
And the worst kind of abuses,
Those that could,
and those that should,
Just let it be.
 
“Well, it’s not
our fault you know”
 
“We’re
understaffed and we must toe, the
system rules that
we get from above”
 
“And although
that we admit, that we
knew of all of
it, her parents said it
was their way of
showing love”
 
“We have learned
lessons from this case,
now new rules are
put in place, to ensure
that this can’t
happen anymore”
 
But we all know
that this is shit,
they’re just
painting over it
with a whitewash
that we have seen before.
 
She has fallen
through the cracks
‘cos no one
listened to the facts
and saw the
scaring on her flesh
and in her eyes.
 
Now as words are
drowned by silence
And our outrage
has been calmed,
Someone else
slips through the cracks
With silent
cries.