WOMAN

When she was born, she heard her father's sigh

And tear drops fell from her mother's eye

For she, the female had entered the world

Into unwelcoming hands, she was hurled

As a child, she was strictly told

Some rules according to which she was to mould

Walk slowly you must never run

Talk softly, beware, never have any sun

You are inferior you are weak

You must obey, you must act meek

You are an invalid without a man

You must not ask why? This is life's plan

And she believed all this was true

Like a beast, kept in the zoo

She thought she belonged to the cage

The bars around her never aroused rage

Her father, her brothers kept the keys

To the chains which prevented her release

While she lived on pretending to be happy and content

Till one day from her home she was sent

Years passed by, her hair became grey

Set aside old woman, and just pray

My grown sons told me, for I came in their way

Listen to a woman? Why should they!

For centuries she lived like this

And she thought it to be bliss

While slowly the life inside her flickered away

And without thinking she did her part play

But the way she had lived so long

She discovered all this to have been wrong

When her mind can think, and heart can feel

Why should she be crushed in life's wheel?

She does not ask for stars in the sky

Or for praises sung so high

Neither place of honor nor nobility

All she wants is freedom, peace and security