Saturday, September 23, 2023
PoetryThey Say - Vaishnavi Namdeo, Bareilly

They Say – Vaishnavi Namdeo, Bareilly

-

- Advertisment -spot_img

They say, ‘Check on your dress’
They say, ‘Why showing that bra strap?’
They say, ‘Why you go after 9?’
They say, ‘How many more boyfriends?’
They say, ‘Why don’t you marry?’
They say, ‘You, working nifht shifts?’
They say, ‘Control your legs’
They say, ‘A girl playing football!?’
They say, ‘Mind your tongue’
They say, ‘Be slim, be fair, be pretty
Be soft, be a sufferer
Cuz you are a girl’
Dear society, your perspective is not all good
I can say
You can shut my mouth
You can rip off my heart
But my pen won’t stop!
It’s a diamond you can’t melt
It is hope to change the rusted iron glass
That you peek from
It won’t bow down
It’s my sword
And I would fight with it, every time
Like a warrior!

IR
IR
Editorial Team of Indian Ruminations.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

*

Latest news

A night to remember

Stay up all night with me for once, I say Don’t complain we have work the very next day Step out...

Daydream

“Wow, you look...” As soon as those words slipped from his mouth, he regretted conceding to a third drink...

Burn

One day when I'm dead I'll be alive is how they put it at church and Sunday School and sometimes I...

In Defence for Nature: The many hurdles of forest dwellers in Uttarakhand

“It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to carry on with our way of life,” Ghulam Nabi, a Van...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

“The farmers have overcome fear and have sown fear in the minds of our enemies to win this struggle”—AIKS leader, Vijoo Krishnan

During the last days of the Farmers protest at the borders of Delhi against the three farm bills introduced by the Union government, Sreerag PS, Associate Editor of Indian Ruminations spoke with All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) leader Vijoo Krishnan about the deep rooted crisis faced by the farmers in the country.

If ever

If ever my shadows leave me, and I'll know that tomorrow it will, I will plant some mango trees for the people,...

Must read

A night to remember

Stay up all night with me for once, I...

Daydream

“Wow, you look...” As soon as those words slipped...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you