Quietus

Mom, why did you send me to the tomb?

Even when I had not come out of your womb

I was punished for such a mistake

Which I did not even make

I was a girl not a boy

But qualities in me were also alloyed

I could do anything a boy could

I could easily prove myself to be good

I too wanted to come out and jingle my bangles

Wanted to see the world from different angles

I too wanted to learn and study

Wanted to make sand castles becoming muddy

I too wanted to experience the feeling

Of the raindrops on me falling

I too wanted to feel sun’s first rays

Kicking the night and bringing a day

Before you went for amniocentesis

You said you’d keep me whatever the result is

But now I see you were a liar

You killed each one of my desire

People say girls will never progress

How will they, if they are so less

Despite of being in chains curled

The one excelling today is a girl!