When I breathed for the first time
You told my father
“Start saving, its a girl.”
At 5, you told me
“Learn to read and write so that
A boy will come for you.”
At 10, you told me
“Save yourself, you are a girl.”
At 15, you told me
“Stay at home, learn to cook, wash and
To remain silent and obedient.”
At 20, you told me
“Now its your own life,
Don’t come back to us.”
Years went on and
I kept my promise,
Nobody ever had a complaint.
I was the most harmless
And faithful domestic animal
Man ever had in his history.
(The writer’s email: smitha.mhn08@yahoo.com)
