The sickly sweet smell of excess male perfume

The strong rotten smell of drunken breath

Assault her senses

A brutal assault

He comes closer

She's suffering from the cramps of her monthly cycle

She's tired from the hard labor of the household

She shakes her head no

It goes unnoticed

He comes closer

It is unraveling

She starts chanting "No, no, no" like a mantra

Deaf ears are oblivious

The back of her knees hit the bed

He comes closer.

She screams "No!" 

But the hand is strong, too strong

The scream is muffled, the tears are free

But water can't soak a rock

A few bangles break

The shards jabbing into her heart, twisting

Rivulets of blood flow out

More bangles break

Bangles tight and loose

He comes closer. 

She screams no more 

It's eerily silent

She's no more with him 

She's lying on her father's lap

She's playing with her little brother

She's reading his very first love letter- 

"I'll never let any pain touch you..."

He comes closer. 

The thread breaks

Was it weak? 

Who knows? Maybe, beaten down 

And worn out through the years 

Now it is no more.