Still Free

by Emma   Apr 20, 2006


She couldn't say,
What needed to be said...
It was embarrassing,
All the people
Looking at her.
Tears filled her eyes
When she got off the stand
He looked at her,
The same look.
he gave her that night...
That night was the reason
They were there,
The reason she couldn't
Speak, or believe.
She wished she could
Go numb,
and forget everything...
That night he took everything,
Her dreams. faith to love,
and her innocents,
He gets on the stand
and begins to lie,
He might as well
Just called her a w h o r e...
That is what he
Is making her out to be...
She begins to cry
She knows he is lying...
There is nothing that
She can do..
But sit there,
And day dream,
about that night...
She is woken by
The sound of the judge...
Proven Innocent
And all she can do
Is sit there
Knowing he took everything
and He is still Free....

**written for a friend who was raped and few people believed her...but the look in her eyes you knew it was true...

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  • 17 years ago

    by Darien

    That was a really awesome dedication. Probably one of the best I've come across in a long time. Very sad story, and it's ashame it had to be true. You are a good friend for being her support. Also, you are a good writer, and you should keep on writing!

  • 17 years ago

    by firexflys

    This makes me want to cry knowing a guy got away for doing something so wrong i feel for your friend and i hope she is okay keep up the good work 5.5

  • 17 years ago

    by Naerwen

    To write of such a subject is always a hard one, i admire your courage for writing this for your friend, who i send my love. A 'great' write, telling a heartbreaking story and sadly a story so many people go through. Again, well done for writing this.

    GothicSorrow

  • 17 years ago

    by Niki

    Awesomely amazing work capturing the detail and meaning behind it. i know of some people who have been in positions like that .. and you captured it beautifully. keep it up!

  • 17 years ago

    by Ashley Van Eperen

    I just...i just. wow. This one hits so close to home for me, and i feel terribly sorry for your friend. But please help her remember this, he is now labeled as a rapist, even if he was proven innocent.

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