Berivan, a Yazidi girl from Northern Iraq was
just fifteen, when her brother died in a Jihadist attack.
Islamic State, took Sinjar mid-2014,
capturing, this frightened and defenceless teen.
Berivan, taken with mother to Tel Afar,
praying for, an airstrike to end their terror!
She was sold, with other girls to a group of men.
They paid more, because they were all virgins.
Jihadists systematically raped her and the other girls.
Taking turns they forced themselves upon their sex slaves.
One evening, she managed to steal a kidnapper's phone.
She escaped, called family and headed home.
Two days walk, she eventually found a Yazidi troop.
She now knows, how low humanity can stoop.
Jihadists systematically raped her and the other girls.
Taking turns they forced themselves upon their sex slaves.
Berivan rested her head,
into her hands,
messaging her temples.
Hoping she could somehow force,
bad memories,
out of her mind.
Creating a mental block,
due to the shock,
did it ever happen?
A dark mental barrier,
is there any way to protect her mind?
Berivan spends all her days,
scrutinizing,
IS propaganda.
Hoping to see her mother,
alive somewhere,
in the background.
Weeps over a photo of
those who she loved,
now murdered or enslaved.
Failing to keep thoughts at bay.
All of the misery, all of the pain.
Awoken by nightmares again and again.
Berivan: Just a young adolescent.
Berivan! Her nightmares are incessant,
but she can’t, speak of her lost innocence.
Berivan! Escaped, then found out that she was pregnant!
Just a young adolescent
escaped, then found out that she was pregnant.
Can’t speak of lost innocence.
The nightmares haunting her are incessant.
The Yazidis won’t support
pregnant rape victims who choose to abort.
Secretly she has to thwart
the pregnancy so she won’t be ignored.
A kidnapped and raped orphan
can’t speak about having an abortion.
Mental health slowly worsens.
Silenced in fear of stigmatisation.
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