Yellow Atrocity Screams
In the depth of night,
when all is silent,
I can hear you scream.
It’s a blood scream
not from a dream but
the reality of human atrocity.
This sound is yellow,
the shade often seen hiding in shadow,
or imagined while listening
to a morose Bach fugue –
organ music played
with demonic laughter.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2013 findings:
* 35% of women world wide have been victims of sexual violence during their lifetimes;
* Globally: intimate partners commit 38% of the murders of women;
* An estimated one million children around the world, mostly girls, enter the sex trade each year.
* In the U.S., 20 – 25% of college women experience rape or attempted rape;
* In the U.S., a woman is beaten every 15 seconds;
* According to sexual violence experts, more than 3 women in the U.S. lose their lives at the hands of their partners every day;
* Since the incident where NFL player Ray Rice was caught on video assulting his fiancee over 600 women have been killed by their partners.**
ALL this and so much more is why we need revolution and nothing less to end these horrors committed against half of humanity.
This is so empowering. We need to stop this.
Hi Curt. I know I left a review for this poem on WC, but the message is so important, I’m glad you shared it here too.
The imagery on this piece is haunting- The yellow scream is so vivid, almost synesthetic image that makes human atrocity feel terrifyingly alive.
The way sound, color, and darkness intertwine lingers long after reading.