The Prophecy
I click down the hallway
Truly a goddess divine
Too good for their world,
I watch as their eyes number my sins.
They prophesy: I am damned forever
For the length of my skirt
For the sight of my skin
For the trail of my fingertips
They look to my right: he is spared hell
Despite his distortion of my marble pedestal into rotting wood
Despite his gleaming skin laid bare
Despite his hunger for my flesh
They cast their stones;
But I am already long gone.
This poem is about:
Me
My community
My country