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This poem is a battle cry. It is a reaffirmation of the author's belief in her own strength and her ability to shed shackles and rise.
This poem is a battle cry. It is a reaffirmation of the author’s belief in her own strength and her ability to shed shackles and rise.
I have spent a lifetime in the shadows Veiled from the world Following mutely in your footsteps, Hiding behind your form.
I have been stowed, in the gallows Like a veiled Madonna Shown only to enhance your stature And then shut out again.
That has been my life, my destiny. So far that I have accepted, But the fires of feminism that rage In me, refuse to ebb now.
My battered soul demands succour My bleeding lips and My bruised heart, need to be heard For enough is enough!
Image is a still from Wonder Woman
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated read more...
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