Two helpless high school girls,
got summoned to first class compartment
without knowing their mission.
The ticket examiner obeying orders,
came rushing to fulfill that command
maybe knowing or not what was afoot.
The girls were in second class compartment
occupied by four other female passengers
as the train was in full capacity.
The messenger knew not the girls,
but having seen them while doing his duty earlier,
came straight to deliver the message.
Maybe it was routine for him.
The scrap of paper holding the message
had the big man’s identity.
Whether because of fear or respect,
the girls went shyly anyway,
stumbling all the way to the last coach.
It was after dinner and time for bed.
After a few hours, one girl returned;
the other remained till wee hours.
The returnee was mum, the other, sobbing
and unable to be normal as before;
eventually succumbed to a loud weep.
She said it all with her tears
as she mumbled words about
how he took a ride on her several times.
He was gigantic and she was tiny.
Walking was awkward and pitiful
as if she suddenly developed serious abscesses.
And the end was sad to tell as
the she got ballooned and couldn’t finish school.
And that was power reigning in that train,
where the young were taken advantage of,
on that journey of ten hours every day
and a reverse one going the opposite side.
And how many such abuse took place;
Nobody kept the tab.