Shalu Nigam
21 June 2022
She is not a commodity to be traded
Hope that the moment you downgraded her could be faded
She is not an object of your desire
She has dreams of her own to aspire
She is not a burden to be discarded
She is a human to be accepted
She is not a property to be owned
She could imagine a world of her own
She is not a source of your free labor
Respect her rights and her worth, she is stronger
Because she is a girl, a woman
She needs no permission
Her body her life and her future belong to her
Don't bring in your stereotypes, traditions or your repressive culture
Your world is brutal and discriminatory
But she dreams of a world that rests on equality
Where everyone has a right to survive with dignity
Labels: dignity, dreams, equality, imagination, patriarchy, survive, Women's rights