By Nivedha Babu [10 Ebadi]
Femininity Sanguinity Virginity The Holy Trinity Your life’s purpose Is to be at service Or else a nuisance A noise that disrupts us Look picture perfect To be accepted Act like an inanimate object When you feel disrespected You’ll be coerced Before you can think to say NO first Your fault for being temptations It was your intention Your choice, Your decision Wearing short skirts It was an obvious flirt Not nameless perverts at shame It's you, the child, who's to blame A woman's worth Is born and lost at birth You cry when innocence dies Which makes everyone sigh “I want to be an exception” So to change misconception You put on your finest face To retrace and find a place So you shift your personality to masculinity To defeat the anarchy of the patriarchy Wouldn't let tears ever fall in front of other eyes Would even laugh in front of the taunting horrors of “humour” in front of others To keep up with facade You would lie again and again To make a difference You would pretend You wouldn't cry at the funeral Only to look up at the sky at night To not complain and create dismay Until one cold day it finally rains She can finally choose to Cry till the Nile River dries Smile till it's brighter than sunshine Be more assertive than the ones in power Be softer than the bloom of spring flowers Be repulsed by romance of all kind Be more enchanting than the stars tonight A Woman Can dress for herself to express Does not need to smile in excess to find success Is not worthless based on one’s delusional man-made fantasy of chastity Is here to find her World HerStory
