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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

VIOLENCE,APATHY AND BLAME

I hold her little hand
and see her smile
in her sleep,I wonder
do I owe her an apology

for bringing her
into this world
where schools aren't
immune to guns
and streets are filled
with savage brutes

where they deify her
and then immerse her
constantly in the dark waters
of honor and shame

where she has to be
fair,slim and homely
wear decent clothes
need to be "protected"
and rarely really respected

What am I really thinking
when I tell her fairy tales
don't I know
the real stories of girls
are too horrible even to tell

still I will speak up
and voice these gruesome truths
let me introduce her
to new words
violence,apathy and blame !


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4 comments:

  1. I admire and respect the sensitivity and honesty with which you express this unavoidable truth. May be having Adya Lakshmi around me makes me understand these things better. I had always thought I was fairly gender sensitive. Adya's birth made me realize how deficient it was. She filled the gaps.
    Your poetry nourishes it.

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    1. Thanks Harsh ! I agree having daughters make us see all of it in a new light and therefore one huge solution for all gender issues would be to have more girls survive.

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  2. I am sharing this on my blog with due credits

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