When your desires no longer
Traverse the path of placidity
When designs invade your mind
Dissolving the mask of gentility

When the animal in you
Is on a predatory prowl
When your lecherous face
Wears a disgusting scowl

When the innocent victim
Is well within your reach
When with a little more effort
You can cause the breach

When your tongue is dripping
With the saliva of lust
When all thoughts of virtue
Have turned to dust

Pause a moment in time
And look at yourself in the mirror
For what you see
Does it make you shudder

For if it doesn’t
Then the #Metoo may get you
Even if not immediately
Then in the future for you to rue

The #Metoo today
Is not just another fancy label
It symbolises the collective strength
Of millions of abused women

Who today are more than willing
To peel off all the pretence
Of the demons who have abused
And destroyed their innocence

Subir Chakraborty / 14th Oct 2018