CHAINED SHE

Flirtatious stream diving from rocky cliffs,

Sways leaves aside, mesmerizes idle sand banks,

Meandering into valley, she sprinkles charm on lonely rocks,

Cuddling through habitats, folds into a vast reservoir- the ocean.

Dissolved is her self and her heart is taken,           
Static in tides, she sighs for her lost limbs,

Twisted and curled, she submits to fate,

For nothing but heaps of premonition to date              

Neither will she kiss the leaves again,

Nor will she fall for the shining rocks

With no form, assumptions, she will be an ocean dot!!

The above phrases highlight the plight of so many poor innocent girls, who are crushed under the ruthless male dominated society. The “stream” of girls are wary of their diminutive self under the surveillance of the colossal “oceanic” male demeanor. Before ten, she is devoid of nutrition, so fragile to even match shoulders with boys of her age. After ten, she garners her parent’s attention, which hardly ceases to be ‘heart-rendering’ gesture. She interrogates herself with questions? For how did it happen? Why did she soil her own cloth? Menstruation: long confirmed to be by far the greatest evil grippling the female lot. For sure, as it shuts the door of economic prosperity, for she will never hear the school bell ringing again!

She is married early, to the so called “crusader of her destiny” who very often leaves her in lurch. The husbands treat them as a punching bag, venting all anger, frustration on them. Tell me, will she rise from here again? With problems in plenty, ranging from the lack of education/ skillful training, acute poverty, prevailing social stigmas, will she be able to breathe fresh air again?

Or will she be left crawling on a well architected path of slavery, carefully designed by her husband???