An Afghan Girl
She was born in a upper middle class family
Laila was her name given by her father
Her father had four wives accordingly,
She was not welcomed there.
She was only a girl in that big house
Rest of them were her brothers
She had to stay inside like a tiny mouse
She was allowed to study a few letters.
Liala had a high ambistions for study
When she became fifteen
A show maker who was fourty already
Wanted to get married a girl under eighteen.
When Laila heard that news
She was collapsed from the sky
Because she had different views
She started to cry.
But her sound could never reach to her father
He was completely silent,
There was no one to support her
She lost her mother who was a serious patient
After a few days she was got married
She left her father's house forever
She was determined,
She would never come back here.
After couple of months she became pregnant,
Her husband was expecting it would be a boy
For having a boy her husband was arrogant,
But it was dead before touching the toy.
Three more times the same thing repeated,
Her husband told that it was all Lailas fault
She could't say anything but cried,
She suffered a lot before being an adult.
Copyright © Md Shahadat Hossain | Year Posted 2016
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