Too many muted cries
shut out behind
those thick doors.
Too many spirits broken
by ruthless raging rogues.
Marriage is a mirage
to entice innocent girls,
where bounties, gifts and love
get spirited, once you enter this world.
Like the infamous house of candy and bread
that housed the mean witch
the one we dread
Its a predators thought out plan
a bobby trap to put you in chain.
Now I know why my country
suffers in pain
we have destroyed the pedestal
where Female 'shakti' should have reigned
What is left carcass of once what it used to be
and we carry it on our shoulders
proudly displaying our imbecility.
Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi
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