Some days
I'm afraid to write
because sometimes
the honesty kills me.
Some poems subtly mention sexual harassment, depression and death. Read at your own risk.
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Have always been a burden on you, I know,
And yet this epiphany comes as a huge blow.
Since my birth I was not your child but merely a girl
One day on the altar to be hurled.
Now as the fear and uncertainty wrack my heart
Not loving you still remains as hard.
You are worried 'cause you want to tie me down
While here I am, for my future, having a breakdown.
It's a dead end with the future seeming blurry
Through teary eyes and mind in a flurry.
My heart sinks as the gamut unveils.
How lonely I am it reveals.
Finally I realize, in this tryst to discover myself,
I only remain a delft on the shelf.
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"Congratulations! It's a girl!"
These words might end up evoking different emotions in different people but one emotion remains the same. The burden or responsibility of marrying the girl off. This responsibility on the parents takes the form of compulsion on girls and their whole life, their whole childhood, is spent in preparing them to be a perfect wife and a perfect daughter-in-law.
Rarely ever someone even thinks of teaching their daughter to be freely and unabashedly herself. This poem is an ode to all the girls who go through the same pressure throughout their lives.
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