2016-05-04 - 11:03 a.m.
Imagine yourself with claustrophobia but in an open space It's what you have to put up with every day Those who try to put you in disgrace while you just mind your own business, do what you may That's what it feels like, putting your life out there on the line even when you're not picking a fight, they still somehow feel entitled to violate your civil rights Starting from what you wear Oh, you're supposed to be scared Stay safely home instead of going out there even when you don't feel this is fair But hey, what the hell do they care? It's a surprise that you can still breathe, 'though it's getting harder to conceal what lies beneath a built-up anger threatening to rise all the way up to the surface before it soon explodes, right in the face of everyone on earth Every day you find yourself dying to scream, fighting back tears that no longer stream: "Damn it, this is my world too! Don't I have the rights to feel safe here, just like each and every one of you?!" Imagine yourself with claustrophobia in an open space You thought you could get it out of your system for good, instead of revealing it in your face yet another news about death by gang rape suddenly leaves you with more heartbreak and suffocates you with undying, yet burning rage No, you have no idea how to get away, pretending that everything is still okay... R. Writer@work. (Jakarta, 3/5/2016 - 6:16 pm) http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/131503-rape-yuyun-bengkulu
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