Despair

The desperate wails of despair,

As shame is stripped bare.

She gathers her modesty

Shrinking within herself;

Holding, the last shreds of dignity.

They stand by, unmoved by her tears

  Showing mute impotence to her worst fears.

Eyes searching for a man among males,

Looks around helplessly, as her effort fails.

No knight, nor a hero to her rescue

Not one proffered hand, much to her rue.

Crouched on the ground,

 Ignominy loud in her muted cries

She sinks deeper, in a dark abyss

As tears abandon her lifeless eyes.

  Unmoved, the men, now move away

Her plight becomes the talk of the day