International Day for the Elimination of VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

I WILL PROTECT YOUR HEART
9x12 collage + acrylic on collage board

One of the things that I care deeply about are Women's issues. I care not just because I am a woman but I am concerned because I believe the love and care a society gives to women sets the tone for the success or failure for the generations to come.
My poem and art give expression to what I am trying to say-


I will protect your Heart

A maidens dreams taken by violence
Her innocence shattered by a fist.
The hope of a future, swollen and bloodied
In the name of religion or culture.
The whip bears down
taking with it all thoughts of being free.
The locked door of dominance and the chains of oppression
Bring death to a heart and another generation.