She Has No Defender

She Has No Defender
Author: Aaron Arrowood

As her tiny fingers stretch into the darkness
She feels the warmth of the atmosphere that swirls around her
She blinks her eyes and swims about
She listens to hear what have become familiar sounds
Her mother’s voice
A home she’s never seen
And a world she’ll never know
Her mind cannot comprehend the looming danger
Her life has no defender
Though she has committed no crime, has offended no one, has done no harm
She is despised
Less then human
She drifts to sleep hearing the beating of her mother’s heart; a sublime symphony that she has grown to love
All seems right in this sanctuary of God’s creation
But this haven will become her sarcophagus
She has nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
She is naked before her executioner
She is defenseless
Sweet dreams are ripped away and her tiny heart knows fear for the first time
As pain engulfs her she would cry
She would scream
She would protest
But no one is listening
She has no defender
She with her soft blonde hair and darting, curious eyes
Is despised, less then human
Less then an animal
She is refuse
She has no defender
Is there anyone that cares for her
Where is her hero
Who will risk life and limb
Who will trade the warmth of a calloused conscience to take up arms in the sodden trenches of moral compulsion
A silent cry rises louder than the weeping of all the fallen soldiers of every war through all of time, and their grieving wives and children too
But reticent saviors are hard to stir as they count the costs and grow more accustomed to the tragedy with each passing moment
While taciturn heroes soothe their own souls
In her mind a melee of terror erupts with no words with which to quantify, comfort, or capitulate
She silently slips into another darkness
Her voice never will be heard
Her story will never be told
No monument will memorialize her tragic and untimely end
She has never known, nor will she ever be
She has no defender

Let us never forget the daily tragedy of legalized abortion. Let us be her defender.
Aaron Arrowood is an author/song writer, professional videographer, pastor and avid cyclist.
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