The unclaimed

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Just the other day she was born.
Just the other day she was told that she is a woman.

To live for others is what she was born for.
To serve others was what was expected of.

She spoke when she was asked to.
She laughed only when she was told to.

Others lived life.
While she merely survived.

No day was different from the day just gone.
Each day saw her being eaten one by one.

Every body wanted a piece of her.
But not one wanted to heal the wounds.

Soon she forgot she was a woman.
Soon she learned that her body smelled.

Of the filthy eyes that stripped her.
Of the lusty men who touched her.

She gasped for breath.
She prayed for death.

And today is the day when she is gone.
And today is the day when she lies unclaimed.

Amidst the madness of the business.
Along with the many to meet such silence.