Walking through the street
In a village under the hills and the clouds
In a gray black evening
I heard her crying, muttering,
Mourning over something
Nobody listened to
The whisper of
Her silent complaint
Her frail stature.
She came again
Another day
Her hands gripped
A paper,
Written on some advice
She follows that paper says
She appeals
Through her pain
Knocked door to door
Her wounds and stain
Seeking judgment
All in vain
One says she is mad
Another,
She weaves story
Nothing truth, all cloudy.
Surprised my eyes
Could watch
People escape
No support, blaming her instead
She was dragged
Into a court, every day on streets
They never felt
Truth needs no witness
Truth is truth
Clearly visible
In her heart, her throat
Dried her hands, and shedding skin
Her dirty, stained clothes
Blood afresh on forehead strip
What is not true?
Is it her trust?
Trust on her community,
Or on these people?
The people she trusted and cared for long?
Is it her trust on the streets she married to?
A woman in a village
When gets old and alone
She never has one to think
To give and take
To speak and listen
To hold and hug
To sit and walk with
To cry and laugh with
To cool and warm
To share and care
To just to live or to die with
Nobody is concerned,
If she dies.
Yet more are concerned
Why she lives?
account of a Time when living is an offense.
Wow! Powerful! Is she someone you know? Where did you get your inspiration?
She is someone I heard mourning around. Now some of our known social worker is helping her to get justice. Her life is miserable.
I love that you tell her story.
I felt it hard and I had to … I am.not sure if I have given the appropriate expressions to her sufferings, yet I tried to express…
awesome chitra. this is incredible, not that you have written it so beautifully, the fact that she and the likes of her hit you so strong that you can express with this beautiful verse. keep doing this more often.
Thank you so much for reading and liking Sir.
This motivation coming from you means a lot to me.
true n awesome lizzy 🙂 ❤
Thanks Sankar
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