Human Trafficking

on
Penning thoughts
of what you are feeling
how can I?


A few days
when in material comforts
life's essence was changing


he was dying
I felt shattered
I had so much still


family, and love, and home
what happens when you
lose it all?


Do you lose yourself too?
Enslaved, Uncertain


Years on
returning home
they call it a rescue


Am I happy?
What am I returning to,
I have a home?


©Nimi Arora



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  1. Julian2 August 2017 at 22:53

    The questioning end in the final stanza actually made me sit up and think how it must feel in that situation. I've just read your poem again and it really is very good.

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:03

      Thanks Julian. It's been difficult just imagining this. A cruel world indeed...

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  2. Susan2 August 2017 at 23:01

    I've read that some go into shock on "rescue" as if they've lost a soul. Your poem is so moving!

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:04

      Thanks Susan. I watched a movie once in which the victim is not accepted by the family. I think that must have triggered this thought in me.

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  3. Sherry Blue Sky2 August 2017 at 23:35

    I think one must lose a great part of oneself - the old hopeful self- in such a situation. And even returning home - so changed - would create a wondering in the person. There is healing, but no going back to before the abuse happened. A very strong poem.

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:05

      Thanks a lot, Sherry. The good thing is that this prompt has gotten us thinking, imagining. And hopefully working towards whatever little change we can make.

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  4. Old Egg3 August 2017 at 05:51

    We just can't imagine how a victim would feel if released. Their lives would be altered for ever and their eyes ever watchful, fearful fo r the rest of their lives. Excellent poem.

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:08

      Thanks. That is what I was wondering about when writing this. How does one get over this kind of cruel experience?

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  5. Marja3 August 2017 at 06:48

    Very touching. When all has been taking from you how can you just continue living like nothing has happened You can't

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:07

      Exactly. As I tried to write about it, my first thought was, how can I ever imagine that kind of destitution... Counting my blessings right now...

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  6. rallentanda3 August 2017 at 19:32

    See a Spanish movie called
    "Food and Shelter". Devastating but brilliant. We are lucky. Some of us realise more than others.

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 19:34

      Is that what writing poetry is about? Realising more than others... We are all the more blessed then.

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  7. annell43 August 2017 at 20:15

    It is such a difficult subject. It does remind us, how lucky we are.

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 23:39

      Count the blessings, but try to help the ones not as blessed. If only it were that simple in practical terms!

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  8. Panchali3 August 2017 at 22:43

    Disturbing...ah, the trauma is anchored within, and it lives there like a parasite. Sigh!

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    1. Nimi3 August 2017 at 23:40

      We have touched on a topic that is so disturbing that more often than not most of us choose to ignore it. And that has to change for things to change...

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  9. Sati Chock23 April 2020 at 01:49

    This is very moving--thank you for sharing!
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