Rohina Dass
XI D
Unacknowledged
Unwanted
When X and X chose one another,
It made her a girl.
Blamed for this catastrophe was the mother,
And so the torment began to unfurl.
Unsafe
Her first trial was survival,
In the womb itself, if she could remain concealed
Right up till her arrival
And then, her true worth was revealed.
Unloved
Arguments were fought so that she wouldn’t be thrown.
An object she was to be, a lifeless barely breathing commodity
Raised in the shadows, trying to atone
For sins unknown to her, a tear in plea
Unequal
Her brother waved at her as he left for school
She wiped her small forehead while doing the dishes
Tender fingers, hands equally able to hold a pencil, her education is overruled
Home is where her mind shall be even if it is against her wishes.
Unacceptable
We are women and men of a modern age
The women’s rights movement began centuries ago,
Wars started and they ended. How many more do we wage?
Till we go crazy and so does the ratio?
We ought to understand, we ought to feel
Today it was her; tomorrow it’ll be me?
We have been scarred enough, lets try and heal
I demand it despite everything and so would she.
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This is Poignantly written and with a powerful thought provoking message. Reading your poem, Rohina made me realise how fortunate I am as a woman to have had access to the best of education, the opportunity to have a career of my choice, and the freedom to pursue my dreams. It also made me realise how much more I can do to empower my sisters to be able to live a life of dignity and realise the purpose of their lives.
History shows that women had to always fight for their rights even in the west. Remember the French Revolution? The women had to fight to get their right to vote. Which shows that nothing has come to “us” without fighting for it. The struggle has just taken a different form now, in our country.
There are some who are fortunate to get what they want but a vast majority are not so lucky. It is this section who are the most exploited. Must do something for this large majority.
If those , who have not suffered begin to understand the plight of those who have , half the battle will be won.
A job well done Rohina!
History is evidence to the fact that women always had to fight for their rights!
Women HAVE TO stand up for themselves, as well as for each others.
We have to look at each other, not with eyes of unwanted beings, rather we should see ourselves as the gifted ones who are born to struggle and fight our way out through this rigid and disregarding society!
Im thoroughly touched by this poem Rohina!
This hits the core of one’s heart – beautifully written! Every one has a right to a life of dignity, the right to pursue one’s dreams, the right to live a quality life, the right to find their own happiness and the right to live without fear! All are equal in the eyes of God – men, women, animals, plants…. We were not brought here to destroy each other, rather to uplift one another! Let’s work at this…
Wonderfully put Rohina, as my teachers have mentioned above the important historical events of the past, I would like to say 1 thing,
fighting is what the fairer sex has done & much more it’ll have to do BUT previously there was hardly any support from the oppposite sex because most of us were blinded by power BUT today we are as much eager to fight for the cause as you, so don’t leave us out.
we feel equally horrified if not more as the women when we learn about all those detestable acts