Child Bride of the Night (standard:poetry, 363 words)
Author: Sare	Added: Oct 11 2001	Views/Reads: 3504/2312	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A young girl grapples with her existence as a "lady of the night"...

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Tomorrow or the next day, 

he’d come looking once again. 

She tried not to wonder 

just what would be asked of her then. 

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But for now she smiled at him, 

raised her skirt another inch. 

She arched a brow and cocked her hips, 

inviting him to touch. 

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She walked with him to some hotel, 

never looking in his bag. 

She thought only of the money he meant, 

not curious as to what he’d want. 

*********************************** When he pulled out the handcuffs, 

she extended her wrists and sighed. 

She hoped vaguely that it 

would be over soon. 

When next he extracted a blindfold, 

she nodded and closed her eyes. 

When at last he removed a knife, 

she could not see or move. 

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She never had a chance to scream, 

could only, in silence, die... 

Still dreaming of the freedom 

that lay beyond the city’s gates. 

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Her eyes behind their veil of darkness 

closed a final time 

And the young girl’s fragile body 

set free her strengthened soul. 


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