Buried Alive

She dreamed like a bird

She smiled like an angel

She thought like a revolutionary

She didn’t lead a revolt

She just befriended a guy

Her teenage heart didn’t see

Anything wrong to talk to a guy

As he was her own classmate

She found the happiness

In a thing her society wrote off as sin

For ages

She never knew

That she must pay a big price

For her innocent mistake

She only saw the bright colors

That life offered to her

But others never tried to see the same

As their eyes were blinded

With the iron curtain of myth

They believe

Men can marry many women

But its sin for women to talk

To unrelated men

They shouldn’t go alone anywhere

They should cover even their eyes

With the golden linen of silence

Showing respect to tradition

They should remain

Within the high walls of forts

Without dreaming any sort of freedom

She just wished to talk

She just wished to mingle

With those who felt as friends

But ,in the name of tradition

In the name of pride of family

Nobody listened to her tears

Nobody listened to her prayers

To let her live

To let her see this world for some more days

Without any support

Her fragile body couldn’t break free

From the chains of power

That simply dumped her in a trench

As she cried out loud for help

Nobody in this world heard it

As they shoveled down lumps of soil

To cover the trench

She glanced at the sky with tearful eyes

She couldn’t move as her legs are stuck

She couldn’t move her hands

As soil covered it totally

Remnants of soil covered her hair

And that beautiful face

Gasping for miracle

She begged for final time

God taught them to show mercy

Nobody dared to show mercy to her

As they shoveled more soil

On to her final moments in this world

The blue sky and colors vanished for her

As soil darkened her vision

And later it disconnected her life

From this cruel world

Granting her the freedom

To explore heaven

She wished to explore earth, though

Buried alive-her dreams

Buried alive-her tears

Buried alive-her world

But they couldn’t bury her soul

She will fly all across this world

To inspire women to dream

To break free themselves from the walls

To throw away the linens of silence

To demand their right to live free

One day

I was deeply moved by an incident that happened in this beautiful earth and that prompted me to write this.

Self-reliant

As I walk

I notice interesting things

With curiosity

From distance, I saw a dad

And his two small daughters

Elder was riding her small cycle

In front of their shop

While the younger one watched

Her sister riding the cycle

It was evening

It was time for tuitions

Dad started his bike

I thought he was going to drop the elder one

At her tuition center on bike

He placed her bag on his bike

But he just took his younger girl

And made her sit comfortably at the front

And he moved slowly

I saw the elder girl riding her cycle

Following him slowly

I realized that he was just

Giving her the confidence

To ride her cycle along that road

So that

She will be able to ride one day alone

To her tuition home

Without escort of her dad

It is quite interesting

As I’ve seen many parents

Always taking their daughters to places

And never letting them to travel alone

That deprives them valuable experience

Of becoming self reliant

As they have to wait for parents or siblings

Even to take them to their friend’s home

One can say it’s not safe to travel alone

For them

But then, nowhere is safe for anyone

Only with opportunities to do things alone

We get to understand our frailties

Then from experience, we become courageous

And in adverse conditions

Courageous people never buck down

They will try to find a way out of tricky situations

I feel we should protect kids

But we should give them confidence

To be self-reliant

As when they grow up, they have to face life

And this big damn bad world on their own

We can’t have them scared then

By over protecting them now

As it can make them too dependent

And it will just keep parents worried

Even when they are grown up

Feeling that they haven’t travelled alone before

Just let the beautiful angels

Learn to be self-reliant

You will see them facing life boldly and succeeding

I wrote this poem after being inspired by a dad i saw on road,who lead his daughter to her class.It's important that girls are given confidence to be self-reliant right from childhood.It will help them to face life in a better manner.