BROKEN

Zainab Laila is a young teenager who aspires to write to inspire others. She started writing at the age of 10 and hasn’t stopped since.

BROKEN

He had been following me since two days
How on earth wouldn’t I be terrified?
Had I to ask him to stop stalking,
He would have blatantly denied!

Or maybe he would have done things,
Things I get nightmares about,
What would he have done to me,
Had I managed to shout?

I could see his traces
Each and every place I went.
His shadow followed me through the streets,
Could I step outside the house? I didn’t want reason to repent.

Scared, panic-stricken, terrified,
Fear had me broken alive.
The only thing I wish I could do
Is to make them realise we aren’t naive.

I will fight this battle here and now,
For me and for every girl I know.
We aren’t things or objects but people, like you.
Tell me, please, how could you fall so low?

Running away will do no good;
Battling this will show our worth.
We are the ones with the power,
We are amongst those who gave you birth!