Society Condemns Me

I would sell my body 
To take my mother to a doctor 
I would sell the only thing that’s truly mine 
For the sake of the one who gave me all I am.

I would bear on my body 
The naked weight of another man 
Just to take my weight 
Off the man, my father, who keeps me alive.

But would they understand
Would they see that was the only way 
Would they just call me 
A whore 


Christina De Silva 
20 March 2010