Disconsolate, mourn whispers afloat….
Grown up all these years, neglected and dejected,
Unanswered questions are always searched…..
Why am I brought to this earth,
If I am a burden and exists not to worth………
Why am I treated like a criminal,
For an uncommitted crime, of being a girl……….
Why my brother has all the privileges,
And I am the one on whom you take out the grudges……….
I was elated to see the outer world,
Little did I know, I would go through slew of tortures……
What harm have I caused, then why am I punished,
Cos I am born as a part of your flesh and blood……
It was not my fault, but it was your wish,
Deliberatly,desired attention for me relinquish…..
Mommy, you are also a daughter of someone,
Adored with passion and bred with affection….
I am weaken now from the desolation,
Greedy to embrace you, I am your creation….
You owe me, for years I am thirsty,
In quest of your Love, Sanguinity and my Identity……..
The above lines project the agony of an unwanted girl child. Although she is alive yet she struggles to survive. This is an added effort from my end as many ilanders are voicing on ‘The plight of girl child.’
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very intelligent post, it does inspire to change their opinion about gender discrimination.thanks Pooja for contributing to a noble cause….
A brilliant one! Very touching and heart wrenching!
Very good post and sad to see the contents. Pain is depicted and feels any heart melted.
It has been made the biggest black spot in humanity. Its an international issue and happens in society dominant country…. Its painful but a real truth where every ones head bows down of same.
I fully empathise with the agony of the post.Just founf a lil loophole though..
Mommy, you are also a daughter of someone,
Adored with passion and bred with affection….
The pain inflicted on the girl child is not a thing of this age but has been a deplorable practice since ages, so there is no reason to believe that the mother was treated any differently or more affectionately than today’’s girl child.Sadly, women are the worst enemy of women.Think about it..
a lot has been written on this topic………but solutions are rare….
its a shame to see that the person who creates this world…is being treated like this…A VERY GOOD ATTEMPT…may god bless u
So touching and so true. I recognise the fact that it still happens in some parts of our country and it is a sad fact.
great post Pooja! a focus on the deprived girl child!
positive efforts leads to positive results,all we need to start efforts firstly from our own side.
good post.
evokes so much sadness, well written. i wrote one on child abuse ”the child”, please read if interested.
touching….
Sad sad sad, veryyy sad. but BEAUTIFUL…
saddening thought. very well put.
Beautiful poem with a great thought ..
awesome work and thoughtful indeed…very contemporary issue..not only in Asia but in whole world and u have shown a girl child’’s anguish so beautifully…that u really deserve a big round of applause. it’’s not only a poem but a great thought.nobody can write so unless he/she feels the true grief of a girl.. keep it up..and write more ”n” more..
Pooja, its a beautiful poem bringing such a burning issue afore… How very true.. the fate of the girl child is reflected in the statistics as declined sex ratio and our day today examples of life that see, expereince and feel.. The consequences will have to faced by the coming genrations…
hmm quiet a serious issue..tackled so simply and beautifully…i just feel its the woman whos doing bad to other…..if we as girls/women take a stand tht we wont dominate our daughters/daughter inlaws and discriminate between son n daughter…we cud achieve a fair world for girls…and tht i think is quiet a task…bcoz just as a woman cud make or break the house…she can make or break the opposite woman…we need to change first..nice post
hey pooja, you have brought out the anguish of the girl child.. a reality faced by millions not just in india.. but all over the world… a very touching poem told from the view of a girl child. who else but a mother should give her maximum affection and protection?
sigh!! the girl child………. wish we womwn would do something….. we can . we must!!!