Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Being

It’s a strange thing
To be a woman.
It’s equally strange
To be proud of
Being a woman!

Pride never comes
With the sex,
It comes
With the gender.
It grips a girl,

Still in her teens, and
Senselessly strips her
Off of girlhood
And makes a woman
Out of her;

A woman, who childishly
Flaunts her sex,
In the blind arrogance
Of her gender!
A pitiful loser, who

Celebrates her stains,
Rejoices her ripeness!
Ready for sexual banquets,
She is no longer tempted
To sit in her father’s lap

And tug at his moustache,
For he too is a man after all!
Daughters become women,
Fathers retreat and
So do brothers!

Years later, sleeping with
A strange man, she
Longs for the gentle touch
Of her father,
And silently mourns

For being a girl too late
But a woman too early.

Now Playing:: Tum pukar lo...............Hemant Kumar

9 comments:

Ravi Kumar said...

INSPIRING.. this deserves a BIG platform to publish

Abhishek said...

awesome! i cant find anything else to say!

shruti said...

Awwwww beautifully written deepika loved it!

Deepika said...

@ Ravi

baap rey that was really flattering!

@ Abhishek

you always say that :)

@ Shruti

thank you dear :)

Cheers!

janani sampath said...

Oh my... love these words...:)
Not playing rhetorics...but i think I don't qualify to say this

Deepika said...

@ Janani

sach mein itna mat chadhao yaar :)

cheers!

janani sampath said...

ok...:)...

Unknown said...

superb.....the last lines were jaw dropping.. :-)

Deepika said...

Thanks for stopping by, Navjot :)