A Girl Was Raped In a Bus That Night

A girl was raped in a bus that night By six men, all drunk, who had lost their minds Ambrosia was the elixir of gods, it is said But godlike men in this age aren’t born or made Alcohol wrecks judgment, makes beasts out of men Deeds under its influence have put us men to shame Shops abound in our nation where alcohol is sold The government till overflows when the weather turns cold A corrupt force is tasked to uphold the country’s law Incidents occurring on a daily basis expose this basic flaw Fear of law is no deterrent for miscreants and crooks The police prefer to look away; with them, they are in cahoots But a girl still battles death today aided by a ventilator Skewered with an iron rod that night, unending was her horror Demonstrations against this shame were met with brutal force Citizens showing solidarity were bludgeoned without remorse The hand that wields the baton to protect civil society Is now the hand that throttles free voice and liberty Bad governance, we know is the bane of any nation Bad policing and lawlessness is responsible for any country’s degeneration Instead of upholding law and maintaining order Law enforcers are subdued by their political masters Whose lack of will to rein in the force given selfish political aspirations Stems from a sense of indebtedness for furthering their ambitions Burning state fuel at night they stalk and chase prey Fleecing shady truckers and wheeler-dealers who operate in markets grey This extortion by night on city road and state highway Robs the state of much needed revenue and is an add-on to their pay Similar incidents happen each day of the year and night In night’s anonymous darkness or blatantly by daylight With the force preoccupied in matters so vital Who will protect our girls and control the crime spiral The government of the day is callous to people’s concerns Callous to a daughter’s fate on whom men on a bus took turns