The Void

I have just finished my poem for English Here it is for your reading pleasure!

The wind was blowing tenderly
down the curving, city street.
She would not have come this way
if she knew who she was about to meet.

She was a very innocent girl.
Her life was going well.
Around her neck she wore a pendant
shaped like a silver bell.

Her mind was filled
with all the highlights of the day.
She didn’t have a care in the world.
Everything was going her way.

She made the winning goal in soccer.
She finally got all “A’s”.
All of these hit her emotions
like warming sun rays.

Nothing would bring her down now.
She was dancing on the clouds.
She walked down the busy path
swerving through all the crowds.

Then she came to a shortcut,
an alley on her right.
On the building wall in the dark cutoff
was an image of a bird taking flight.

This bird was done in graffiti.
Its body was covered in tan fluff.
It seemed to say, “Don’t go down here”
The girl heard that strangely enough.

She ignored the qualm she felt
and turned into the shadowy alley.
Her desire was to be home
so she could call her friend Sally.

As the girl walked she passed
a pile of boxes and trash.
They seemed to tower over the adjacent building.
It was a surprise they didn’t crash.

Then all of a sudden
from the cardboard tower’s behind,
pounced a dark figure
and took her inside.

The figure grunted as it handled
the girl with frightened eyes.
The figure was a man
who disregarded the girl’s cries.

She tried to get away,
from the psychopath in front of her.
Then she noticed a gun hooked on his belt.
Now she felt true horror.

He then clamped onto her hips
with his face pressed against her own.
She was too stunned to scream.
Against her flesh, his hands were cold.

He grabbed her tight jeans
and ripped them to her knees.
He did the same to himself.
Her happiness began to freeze.

She then realized what he was about to do,
and she shrieked bloody murder.
She was terrified, about to be raped,
and he was going to hurt her.

He started to do as she predicted
with his dark, blank eyes piercing her innocence.
He finally got what he wanted.
Her virginity had no defense.

Then he grabbed his gun
and forced it against her neck.
He threatened her, ”Never Tell”!
The girl’s life was now a wreck.

He then took the gun
and with a quick pull
he snapped the “bell” necklace.
Her heart was no longer full.
Ever since the “accident”
she felt like it was her fault.
Instead of her pride growing
it came to a screeching halt.

She felt filthy and used
no matter how many councilors she spoke to.
A void developed inside her.
Her distance from others grew.

She had a hard time trusting men.
She saw them all as trash.
Her world became grey.
It all happened in a flash.

When she grew up
she did live a normal life.
This void still inside her
even when she was a wife.

She would have to find herself again
because of what the man took from her.
Virginity, something your have only one of
was stolen by a worthless cur.

For all of those that this happened to
the battle still can be won.
Even though this became of you
life and happiness is not done.