Why? Simply asking the male community
Of the world, in and around us,
We, the feminine community,
The women, teens, and infants
We are girls, the female
To make this world viable,
Livable, lovable, and sustainable.
Yes, we are daughters of the earth,
We have our righteous right
To ask for a safe environment,
For every one of us.
A right to live without fear
Fear of molestation,
Fear of rape,
Fear of violence,
Fear of ill-treatment,
Fear of discrimination,
Fear of bullying,
Fear of stalking,
Fear of objectifying,
Fear of shaming,
Fear of early wedding,
Fear of periods’ stigma
Fear of workplace discrimination,
Fear of financial exclusion,
Fear of uncalled judgments,
Fear of an undervaluation of contributions,
Fear of slut-shaming,
Fear of being excluded from family issues,
Fear of eve-teasing,
Fear of unmatched wedding,
Fear of marital rape,
Fear of mental abuse,
Fear of trafficking,
Fear of inadequately paying job,
There are fears in our lives,
Many of us feel hopelessly
Helpless for being a girl,
A female with an iron will,
The irony is that, no one
Let us bloom in our own space,
No one wants us strong,
Belittling our existence
Is what we are getting
From society since ages.
There are atrocities against us
That is hard to write in a few words,
There are extreme rule violations
When we seek justice for ourselves.
Society does gather to protest
Whenever there’s a serious case
Of barbarity against us,
People do gather with
Candles in their hands,
Candles burn, but problems never
Rules and laws are made
To be violated again
Funds allocated for our safety
To be siphoned away from the purpose.
The end of the story is that
There are endless horror stories
Of heinous crimes committed against us.
Words fall short,
Emotions remain non-existent,
Our sufferings never lessen,
Our lives are always under scrutiny,
From the prying eyes of the
Vultures disguised as well-wishers,
Making us too vulnerable
To make our lives miserable.
We don’t want a venerated
Place in the society,
We never asked that
Indeed we want our
Righteous space in the society,
The space that can’t be
Intruded unlawfully by anyone.