I am unborn and you kill me,
I am born and you scorn me,
I grow up and you torture me,
Why are you denigrating me?
How much will you kill me?
Who is the worst, please tell me?
Who take my life when I am in the womb?
Or
Who takes my honor when I bloom?
Why have you gone so brutal?
Why you given me blows so fatal?
Why you crossed the limits of indecency?
Why your actions towards me are derogatory?
My harassment is the society’s embarrassment,
Do you think it is a blot or a compliment,
I am not free and dream of emancipation,
I want to get rid of this subjugation,
I am used, misused and abused,
I am tortured, tormented and trampled,
I am suffocated, gagged, and dragged,
I am killed in the name of honour and traditions,
If I try to break free, ready for me is the defamation,
Better half I am called,
But the worse I am told,
I am saddened, to give birth to those,
Who, are taking away my right to live,
I am dejected, to take birth,
As I will be just a commodity,
Discriminated beyond words, world like hell for me,
You come and live my life and then you will understand me,
Bear a life for nine months, bear that pain,
And then kill someone who is growing within me for your gain,
You think I am a toy,
You play and break,
You don’t know how to give and only want to take,
Who are you, where from did you come ?
I wish your kingdom I could shun,
God gave me the power to create,
And when I did , you interfered,
Nature’s equation you are disturbing,
What the Almighty desired you are curbing,
If I am in your home you respect me,
If you find me outside you molest me,
They say there are different religions different castes
For me who snatch my dignity is the moral outcaste.
One day you will regret all your misdeeds
I will live to see the end, to your lust and greed!!!
———–©Rekha , Feb 2014
Just amazing .. its so true and so right. Brilliant piece of poetry in respect to women. Dear this should be forwarded to all.. as International women's day is coming. Good luck and All the best. Indeed you make us proud.
Really like your writing. It's a stire on men having double standards for women.
Thanks Puneet…
Thks a ton..
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