Aagneya

I was walking down the street to go home, listening to my favorite song. There were not many people on the street, just a small tea stall in the corner and an old couple walking beside each other at a distance away from me. I was nearing my apartment when this weird feeling of being followed passed through my body.  The feeling was chilling. It travelled from gut to my spine,turning and twisting around my body. A heavy but distant thudding of feet on the pavement could be heard. The footsteps grew closer but I tried to maintain a normal body language and pace, so as to not alert those who were following me. Just to be sure I sent a text to my mom saying 'Help'.
My house was in one of the most safe parts of the city, so initially there was not much fear in me. But those people started coming closer and  I quickened my pace. I broke into a run. Dread coiled itself around me like a snake to sandalwood, becoming tighter and tighter until I couldn't breathe.  As I was running, I tried contacting the she teams by pressing my phones power button three times. All sorts of thoughts passed through my head . My body was a dry leaf that flew along with winds. My throat was clogged with a lump and my mind, praying to the almighty. Fear clawed on heart, ripping open the deepest of my nightmares. It coursed through my body like blood, killing me as poison.

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A hand clamped down on my shoulder, just as I reached the main road and tried to pull me back. My fight instincts kicked in and I kicked the man with all my might at his family jewels. The man faltered and I seized the opportunity and ran. I almost reached a safe place when a rough hand grabbed my hair and pulled me back. Tears were streaming down my face and I was scared. I was afraid but I still tried to fight. I kicked,punched and screamed but alas it was of no use. A sharp pain crossed through my head and I slowly slipped into a state of semiconsciousness. They tied me up somewhere. I could feel everything around me. The slightest movement of the chair, the softest breeze of wind , and the filthiest stare of those b*st*r*s.

A rip was heard and they tore open my clothes. A bunch of lustful gazes roamed over my body like flies on a dead piece of meat. A hand slid down from my shoulders to my thighs, rough, dirty fingers touching me every where.
A zip was  opened and just like that I was raped. I screamed and writhed in pain. "Mumma!!!" I shouted, but my pain , felt only by the walls.
This happened again and again, till I lost consciousness.

Every time,  I was greeted by a slap or splash of water and again and again I was raped.
I lost count of time and the people. My body was giving up. I knew it for I felt it. Sometimes they would burn me with something and cut me open.
They hit me and sabotaged me.
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One day it stopped. I felt as if I was floating off into oblivion. My body felt light and heart empty.

My prayers, cries and pleas of empathy went unheard.
No god, no humans, no relations came to save me. I was alone as the days in my mothers womb. But there in her womb was an eternal safety, here,out into this world there was no such thing. We were all alone and these demons set loose. They conquered our world and made us slaves. We tried to fight and they broke our limbs.  We hid in our homes and they found us there. Oh! Where shall we go. Find us a place, so safe that life will be bliss.
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Rape is a serious issue throughout the world. Women, kids, girls, teenagers, boys everyone is raped. Is this how a developed world should be? Let us ask this question to our self's. We claim this earth to be safe. Is it true?. Ask this to yourself. The day, you get the answer as yes, know that humans have achieved something.
It is time to understand what a No means. It is us who has to stand up against it.
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My hands were shaking when I was writing the chapter. I know I can't express what rape victims have gone through and are going through in mere words. Their pain is beyond expressible words.  
Let's pray that everyone is safe someday and a situation such shall not arise.

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Date:17/7/20
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