FORGIVE ME MUMMY FOR BEING BORN A GIRL IN INDIA...!

FORGIVE ME MUMMY FOR BEING BORN A GIRL IN INDIA...!

 

Forgive me, Mummy for being born a girl in India

You told me to bring back the horses

Today, the horses are back

But I’m not coming back home…

You called me the deer in the valley

But never told me that there are wolves in it

You taught me to love people

But never told me that there are beasts in it

Without knowing anything...

Our cattle are grazing, the streams are flowing,

The Yellow flowers are blooming, blue berries are fading,

Everything is going on as usual...

But not me....Mummy

I still remember,

Every day, when the night falls

How your heart longs for my return

Anxiously looking through the window

For my safe arrival!

Today, the horses are back

But not me…

Forgive me Mummy

For not coming back home

When the beast holds me as a prey

I cried for help

Even though I cried, this world remained silent

This World can silence my voice,

But cannot silence my Justice....Mummy!        

                                                   ©2018 Arun Jebaraj

(Dedicated to my little sister Asifa, Who got raped & killed, yet speaking through her death!)