Tribute to 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children

When did we get here, when did it start

How can we tear our families apart?

We all witnessed a father take his life

After he shot his daughters and wife

A mother puts a hit on her sons

At a bargain price…two for one

Aneen, brutally raped and left to die

We’re still looking for answers why

A dad killed his daughter and decided to flee

A little girl raped and hung in a tree

A boy in the wine lands was sodomised

How can this crime not be despised?

The rape of a girl on a New Delhi bus

Was witnessed by the world with utter disgust.

How can we stop all this dying in vain?

How can we stop the heartache and pain?

Respecting each other is a good place to start

But things can only change with a change of heart

Leola RA Nyoka