Friday, October 9, 2009

BURKA


The last time

The last time I felt the wind on my face,

Was when I was a little child.

The last time

I felt the warmth of the sun

Was when I was a little child.

Now

Now I have darkness around me

And in the darkness I suffocate

The world around talk about freedom

Freedom to live life

In my darkness

Nobody hears me

The scorching heat of the sun

The clammy air

Enervate me

But nobody hears me

I am forced to wear this shroud

Based on culture and religion

All of it man- made

They have darkness in them

And they coerce it on me

So that I become invisible

To beauty around me

Yet

In my darkness

They plunder me.

That too in the name of religion

My darkness

My skin

My colour.

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