© The Sanniah Experience! (TSE) By Sanniah Hassan One encounter Is enough, To silence, A generation. To mute A woman, To force her into The darkness of her soul. One animal attack Is all it takes To silence a woman, forever No one comes to her aid – No one They all say “hush, hush, don’t talk about it” As if not talking will silence the terror within her, As if not talking will put her perpetrator behind bars Not talking, will not help! It never does, it never will Silence for her is like cancer that slowly, painfully kills her from the outside as it does within Leaves a hollow, A shell… People say “hush, hush” as if that could ever make the pain go away – Hush! Means silence… They all mean to shush her To take her voice from her Her only weapon – And make her a helpless prey. A hollow, A body without a soul, Merely existing never living. Her parents don’t want to listen, They don’t wish to believe,