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A wonderful poem about a person standing tall & proudly claiming their identity...
A wonderful poem about a person standing tall & proudly claiming their identity…
Call me names, third, a different gender. Yet, I cannot hide in a tangled net…
As it has dawned, I am my defender!
I chose me, never at all to regret Because it would be me, to live my life Declared as fate’s trick, never do I fret Ignoring voices that cut like a knife
Though shunned by the cruel society I chose me, never at all to regret By freeing my soul from anxiety And severing ties that pose as a threat
I abandon my mask, my path all set It’s time to reveal my identity I chose me, never at all to regret My future awaits, in serenity
Call me names, third, a different gender Yet, I cannot hide in a tangled net As it has dawned, I am my defender I chose me, never at all to regret
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She would serve everyone fresh food and serve herself the stale rice and curries from the previous meal. Some days after finishing the leftovers she was so full she would not even be able to even taste the fresh food.
When I married the first time, my MIL told me that during the Navratri the lady of the house should not eat stale food. ‘Gharatlya bai ni shila khau naye’ — in refined upper caste Marathi.
I was just 26, eager to please, not versed in patriarchy or feminism, and it seemed like a positive thing — respect for the goddess in woman.
But soon I realised she spent the remaining 356 days of her year finishing leftovers. And that I was expected to do the same.
We say that we live in modern times and talk on subjects like feminism, supporting your loved ones, encouraging them to follow their dreams. But how many of us can really say that they actually do that?
We live in a world where there comes times in everyone’s life when one has to make choices which will leave a long term impact in not just their life but on the lives of those attached to them.
Giving the ones you claim to love the freedom and space to make their own choices and the wings to fly is not only the right thing to do but sometimes its also the thing they need the most; without having to face the ‘guilt’ of living the life they want.