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sruthisupriya
New Member

since 2009-09-10

Posts 2
Kerala, India

0 posted 2009-09-10 09:49 AM

Hello, I'm a new member of this forum and being so, i hardly know the unwritten guidelines here. I hope its a good place for me to be heard. This poem is about woman seeking explanation from man why she should be oppressed just because of her sex.

If I am guilty,
(As you say)
Let me be hung,
Burnt at the stakes;
As a heretic!

If I am guilty,
(Do not whisper that I am!)
Tell the world my crime,
My sin be disclosed,
Reveal the charge sheet!

But, nay, that you won't!
(Oh, only whisper you can,
Voice yours weak,
When my ordained silence,
I break!
For, that is my sin!)
You can't!
The scepter so long embraced,
Power so long clutched,
Your spine rots with fear!

Aeons, you made believe,
(I see your gaze falter,
My eyes, you fail to meet!)
I hold no rights,
I have no needs, nil wants!
Desires are sin,
But YOU,
In their ravishing fulfillment,
You swim!

Eternity, I passed,
Numbed at the blood,
That flows between my legs!
My freedom, it forbids,
You told me!
And in shame, I hung my head,
Believing;
Mea Culpa,
Mea Maxima Culpa!

But, no more!
(Do you hear?)
My worth, I realize!
Yes, I do!
(LOOK at me, when I speak!)
The world awaiting me,
More fulfilling, I find productivity,
Than mere reproduction!

I know,
(Though, realize, you do not!)
Imperialism is an attitude,
On its own, it never fades,
In soul’s deepest innards,
It struggles,
Coyly cuddling thy ego,
Till cut out and burnt down!
And that I will hunt, cut and burn!
(This I promise, this I swear!)
Your seal of power,
That scepter you hold,
(Any tighter clutch,
And you will break it!)
Will soon have another hand on it!

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

1 posted 2009-09-10 12:14 PM

Sruthi... Let me welcome you to our forum.. I think you work is very meaningful and I look forward to reading more of you ...

Bisous du Paris
RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2009-09-10 03:28 PM

quote:
Aeons, you made believe,
(I see your gaze falter,
My eyes, you fail to meet!)
I hold no rights,
I have no needs, nil wants!
Desires are sin,
But YOU,
In their ravishing fulfillment,
You swim!

Welcome, dear Sruthi, to Pip! This is a powerful write in defense of the rights of women. May your voice be heard!

Love,
Margherita

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

3 posted 2009-09-10 03:44 PM

Welcome. This is a powerful piece, demanding respect for women. Bravo!
Until all women are treated as equals to men, there will never be world peace.

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

4 posted 2009-09-11 04:20 AM

Welcome to Pip! Powerful first post...

Prasad

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

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