The Woman’s Room

In Saudi Arabia women are punished for infidelity by being locked in a room constructed in her own home, soundproofed, a hole in the center for waste and a slot in the door for food to be passed in. She remains there until death. Her fate is decided by her father or husband. Not all men choose this punishment. The practice still exists. It is called…

The Woman’s Room

I will be your silent subjugate, my father, your dominion I assume. Give me another way to compensate and save me from the woman’s room.

My lover gave me a silvered mirror, the reflection showing a different fate. Your legacy to me is to corner and trap in this suspended state.

From my cocoon I am metamorphic on wings of maroon and deepest teal. In flight I transcend the Arabic, my sisters caught in the spokes of a wheel.

I will scream until the truth is unveiled, until hooded eyes have been impaled.

Emily Florence