Where did my childhood go?


Where did my childhood go?
Where did my innocence go?
Is this the world to live in fear?
Where did humanity go?

Today I fear to walk
Though as a kid I was taught to run,
‘Cause today if I walk alone
I might come home with a daughter or a son.

The fear of being raped
The fear of abuse
This is not what I asked for
This is not what I choose

My decent dressing
Is not decent enough
It’s a cat call to people
Who think assault makes them tough

I live in a world
Where every girl lives in fear
They push away anyone
Anyone who tries to come near

My previous generation learned the “bad touch”
When they were in college
Today even a second grader
Requires this important knowledge

Our world constantly promises
Promises manners, behavior and chivalry
Alas they don’t know the meaning of a promise
A promise is an assurance of delivery

The only delivery I know of today
Is the one of childbirth,
To those innocent victims of rape
Who brood daily by the hearth.

And what do we do to them
Ignore them, shame them and make them feel worse
Treat them like an out cast
To make them think their life is a curse

We need to stand up to them
Give them a voice they lost
Help them fight for justice
Make the sinners pay the cost

Today’s world is blind
To misery and pain
They lock their sorrows inside
Hold on to them with chains

I lost my childhood
Drowned it in fear
I tried to voice out
But the deaf world didn’t hear

I wouldn’t want the generations to come
To face the fears with I grew
I want them to be a fresh page
Open the next chapter, start a new

Where did my childhood go?
Where did my innocence go?
Is the world with hope?
The one in which a bright future will glow?

-Kamya Ashok

(3/09/2015)

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