AT MY GENDER'S COST

I am a girl & I am killed inside the womb..

Too little to open my eyes

A burden on the society I seem..

In this big world so awesome...

I am asked to bow and submit

Not because I am wrong

But raising voice against it

The stubborn society would never admit

I have to accept with or against my will

I am not allowed to say no

The love, hatred, rights and rules

That upon me the society bestow

I have reached the sky, stepped on the moon

And out there I shined

But with the words I spoke, the colour

I bore and length of my dress,

My character is defined..

I am worshipped by many as deity on some days

Shamed by the same for nature's ways..

Hypocrisy at it's finest these people show,

Don't care, no logic,

They do their belief but what about me or

Shouldn't I know?

I am a daughter,wife and mother

An edifying role for every age

But alas this was never enough I get used in slanguage

I get assaulted for pleasure

Not mine but theirs

Attacked by acid, attacked by words..

Slayed for revenge because I spoke

The depth of pain is beyond measure...

With money they buy my modesty,

My scars show their bravery

A living item entertaining them

Is it not worse than slavery?

Yes it is. But beyond the society's vision,

And threat of monstrous human I stand firm as the mountain

And with every new morning I stand in front of the mirror

"Yes I am a girl, And so very proud of it,

Stupid human if it wasn't for me...

You wouldn't even exist".