By Archi Patel
No, don’t go alone at bays
Don’t wear that dress
Don’t speak in that ways
Your loudness should be suppressed
She was always told
You must be softly woven
Done be so bold
As you are a woman
They never knew that
A dream brewed
Behind the imposed cage
In the eyes of the bird
Vision of a free self
Holding the cup of success
The dream poured the courage
She broke the manacles
She flew high and high
Amused with unseen world
Landed on unknown land
Now reality faced the bird
The cruel world
Sprinkled with goodness
The bird could see
How it was to leave the nest
But she couldn’t bear the cage
So she bejewelled herself
With ornaments of confidence and courage
Creating a bold new self.
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