(Worth reading such thoughts of my friend.. dedicated to all my female friends so that we can bring some change .. ) Why do they apply turmeric upon my skin? Is it to make me look yellow and my body more lustrous like gold? Like that gold they sold them, as an accomplice that I will be sent there. Why do they decorate me like a goat decked up for its sacrifice? The fabrics that rustle, and the ornaments that choke me out Is that a way of hoodwinking, that they now, cant refuse taking me with gold ? Why do I have to spend a lifetime with a person, uptil now I didnt know existed? Why does he put vermilion on my head? Is that a prelude to an eternity of war & bloodshed? Why do I have to leave home and expected to never return back? Why do I have to severe all my ties with the ones who had borne me? Was I raised to be sold to a house full of strangers? Why am I treated like a housemaid? Was I bought to clean and wash up the entire Castle? Why am I expected to carry the seed of the man I hardly know? The man, they say, is my husband Why should I let him touch me? If he barely even looks upon my face. Why am I told that I must not look into the eyes of the elders? That I must cover my head always and speak only when spoken to. Why is my place limited only to kitchen? They say it is my privilege to feed the never ending hunger of those pimps Why are my words not heard aloud? They seem lost amidst the patriarchal stupor Why am I dying while I live? For the want of being loved, yet for never being acknowledged Why is the golden cage so beautiful yet so ugly inside? Why do I have to live in prison for no crime of my own? Maybe the crime was being a Woman. Why did I grow up? Wasnt I happy being a child? Why was I born a Woman? Is it only because I could bring life? For that virtue of mine I should be treated as a Goddess Yet Fate conspires my worth That Im less than a toe rag It is no mistake of my Creators It is the eternal cycle of Evil That I was made a Woman And suffer until my last breath.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:58:56 +0000
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