Rape is a tremendous problem around the world, especially in South Africa, where the rate of forcible rape is the highest in the world.

Studies done by the National Institute of Criminal Rehabilitation reported that nearly 500,000 rapes occur in South Africa each year. They speculated that a woman is raped every 17 seconds.

It’s every two minutes in the U.S., but either way the thought is still daunting.

Where is it that thought originates?
What is this thing called mind?
My words not yet articulated,
Like a foreign language awaiting translation.
Sent from heavenly heights
... the words right me, it’s not the words I write.
It’s divinity in disguise, heaven sent,
It is seeing without your eyes,
Being in the present awareness,
embracing the moment that is now
and feeling the eternal power of it.
I am not a sage, I am not a saint.
I’m only an artist using words to paint.