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woman
In the womb of a woman,
I recreated my moves of joy .
I was about to land into the world
Which I had fantasised a land of fairies
There I was,crying and crying
And she,smiling so calmly.
Shw was my mother -the one who brought me here.
Days passed and passed .
I enjoyed the love of all,
the lovely pat of everyone.
The care that gleamed in the eyes .
Alas! I never knew it was just a transitory period.
I grew up gradually .
I discerned a lot of frowns
a sense of *what next*in their eyes.
My parents,secretly kept on confabulating.
What was it!
I could not comprehend at all.
Busy with my own jollies,i went on.
A day came and i landed in my twenties.
A teenage i passed.
Some in joys and some in hiding my fears.
Twenties! And everyone started to wag tongues.
*A grown up is she, is she still unmarried!*
*Oh!Her parents have still not tied her knot*
I,dwelt in an insecure society now .
The society that once loved me
Was now up in arms against me
for i was yet to be carried in a
palanquin.
Finally!
A man,quite strange in looks and habits
The one my heart said NO when
Like a show piece i was placed in front of him.
But it was the elders to decide my fate.
To the one whom they said YES I was handed over.
The period came !
I lost my childhood .
The tinsels i would love to bedeck my dupatta with
The arabesques i would love to adorn my small room with
All was lost.
Now they called me A WOMAN.
I was admonished if i somehow
Woke up little late than anyone .
I was teased for no fault of mine.
Still in patience, i kept on being silent
reminiscing the moments of my being a girl.
How i would run after butterflies
trying to catch the pace of the moving wind.
Dancing with the rejoicing daffodils .
With a baby with me now ,
I carried on with the daily chorus .
With not a single helping hand sharing my chorus.
I,with a thousand hands,would serve every purpose .
And then at night,my tears would dribble
The pain would suck the strength out of me.
Yet i was to stay silent!
For i was a woman.
Destined to be in pain
But never to say "uff"
©Shah Bisma Manzoor
© Bisma
I recreated my moves of joy .
I was about to land into the world
Which I had fantasised a land of fairies
There I was,crying and crying
And she,smiling so calmly.
Shw was my mother -the one who brought me here.
Days passed and passed .
I enjoyed the love of all,
the lovely pat of everyone.
The care that gleamed in the eyes .
Alas! I never knew it was just a transitory period.
I grew up gradually .
I discerned a lot of frowns
a sense of *what next*in their eyes.
My parents,secretly kept on confabulating.
What was it!
I could not comprehend at all.
Busy with my own jollies,i went on.
A day came and i landed in my twenties.
A teenage i passed.
Some in joys and some in hiding my fears.
Twenties! And everyone started to wag tongues.
*A grown up is she, is she still unmarried!*
*Oh!Her parents have still not tied her knot*
I,dwelt in an insecure society now .
The society that once loved me
Was now up in arms against me
for i was yet to be carried in a
palanquin.
Finally!
A man,quite strange in looks and habits
The one my heart said NO when
Like a show piece i was placed in front of him.
But it was the elders to decide my fate.
To the one whom they said YES I was handed over.
The period came !
I lost my childhood .
The tinsels i would love to bedeck my dupatta with
The arabesques i would love to adorn my small room with
All was lost.
Now they called me A WOMAN.
I was admonished if i somehow
Woke up little late than anyone .
I was teased for no fault of mine.
Still in patience, i kept on being silent
reminiscing the moments of my being a girl.
How i would run after butterflies
trying to catch the pace of the moving wind.
Dancing with the rejoicing daffodils .
With a baby with me now ,
I carried on with the daily chorus .
With not a single helping hand sharing my chorus.
I,with a thousand hands,would serve every purpose .
And then at night,my tears would dribble
The pain would suck the strength out of me.
Yet i was to stay silent!
For i was a woman.
Destined to be in pain
But never to say "uff"
©Shah Bisma Manzoor
© Bisma
