Silenced

The floor is cold,
like ice cubes on her bare skin.
Everything is dark,
so very dark...

Her arms are tied together
with frayed ropes and
her legs are nailed to the floor
with rusted spikes.
They stand over her and laugh;
laugh and laugh as her screams echo
through the bitter night.

One by one they remove her body parts,
leaving only the shell of a girl.
They begin with her legs;
she can't stand, she can't run.
They move onto her arms and slowly pull
them from their sockets as she lays limp,
unable to fight back.

Leaving her head for last,
her assailants slowly
carve away at her insides
like a pumpkin for Halloween.
Her organs have been scooped
from her body and laid neatly
on the floor.
Her mouth is sewn shut
with thick black thread.

Her screams have been silenced.
She has been silenced.