Human Rights Day

On Human Rights Day I would like to share a poem I wrote so that we do not forget what torture is


Torture

Darkness of the black hood
Torture

Loneliness of solitary confinement
Torture

Electric shock
Torture

Interrogation with dogs
Torture

Defenceless nakedness
Torture

Blows from the soldiers
Torture

Sexual violence
Torture

Endless hours of immobility
Torture

Detention without trial
Torture

Disappeared in anonymous prisons
Torture

© Carlos Reyes-Manzo