Choices

 

It wasn't what she wanted

But no one heard her voice

He took what wasn't his to take

She never had a choice

And no one in her family

Would ever know her shame

Although the one who caused the hurt

Would never get the blame

And the pain that grew inside her

Was not the only seed

Planted in this innocent

A victim of this deed

Yet still the high and mighty

Legislate what she must do

The rights of many stripped away

By a cold, self-righteous few

Sisters, mothers, daughters

Ruled by men who must control

Their bodies and decisions

Regardless of the toll

So, more will die like those before

Because of heartless fools

Who steal the choice, a woman's right

Because they make the rules

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