her eyes plead
“please do not ask
don’t say anything”,
as we look at
all the signs of
severe battering.
suddenly
it pours out
“i can’t go back to my parents
i can not add to their burden
they are old and retired
i can not let them see this.”
friends try to intervene
counsel all the parties.
one day she is found
hanging
from the noose
of her sari.
