The girl boarded the crowded bus
She walked, Head down, amongst the fuss
She sat on the "ladies" seat, lowered her sight
But her chin was up, posture upright
For having the 'Reserved' seat so lucky she felt
Just then her keys dropped, she knelt
On getting up, she saw a man staring at her..
But she kept quite, as she'll have to, forever
She kept quite, didn't speak
Because HIM, she couldn't beat..
She alighted from the bus, went into the house..
There she saw her god, her boss, her spouse
She lowered her sight again, started with the dusting
Just then the cloth hit the vase, dropping it, shattering!!
She froze. Her muscles didn't even flex..
Because she knew what was next
Inside she was shaking, shivering, shattering
Then It started, the slapping, beating, violating
She was covered in blood, but she didn't speak
Cause HIM, she couldn't beat
She was far away, but not free..
She new the solace was temporary..
Just then, she entered an alien street
She new the solace was temporary..
Just then, she entered an alien street
A man stood there, by all means, shady
He looked at his feast for the day, the pretty lady
He called his friends, they tore her clothes off
They violated her, but she kept herself steady
They raped her, over and over, but she didn’t speak
Because HIM, she couldn’t beat
She couldn't even prove the gruesome crime..
The court asks for "four male witnesses" present during the time
A background check will be done on her, (not on the men!)
And then in the courtroom, with questions, she'll be raped again
She layed on the ground, beaten, defeated,
Her body was covered in blood..
Her desire to live vanished, she gave up
Now, at last, she's free as a bird!!
She remained silent to her grave, didn't speak
Because THEM, she couldn't beat..
They violated her, but she kept herself steady
They raped her, over and over, but she didn’t speak
Because HIM, she couldn’t beat
She couldn't even prove the gruesome crime..
The court asks for "four male witnesses" present during the time
A background check will be done on her, (not on the men!)
And then in the courtroom, with questions, she'll be raped again
She layed on the ground, beaten, defeated,
Her body was covered in blood..
Her desire to live vanished, she gave up
Now, at last, she's free as a bird!!
She remained silent to her grave, didn't speak
Because THEM, she couldn't beat..
note- under the "Hudud governance", if a girl gets violated she'll have to produce four male witnesses to prove her case. And the background check thing was clearly seen in the "strauss kahn" case. there have been innumerable cases where women and girls have been exploited miserably. Some of them too inhuman for me to even type here!
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ReplyDeleteyeahh!! and sad! :(
ReplyDeleteThis is sad...yet beautiful poem....I loved the way you've expressed the crime against woman....TFS!
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