Iraq Haiku Series III: Female Soldier

why won't he leave me
always there licking his lips
like an animal

i wanted to serve
am i just a vagina?
am i just a girl?

who will save me now
that i'm meat for the slaughter?
who will watch my back?

i ought to report
how he stalks me everywhere
yet i'm too afraid

he's got lots of friends
they laugh when i walk past them
captain, will you care?

captain, my captain
i don't feel safe anymore
i'm in two war zones


go to Iraq Haiku Series IV: Refugee here