Mayur Choudhari Poet Ballad

Be a Cow

I should fear, I should hide
I should obey and abide.
I should behave when I'm out,
Masks, hijaabs, drapes and shrouds.

I should read but not write, 
Not confront but shimmer with fright.
I should learn to not hate and let 
You make me warm your bed.

I should never raise a voice, 
Should never aspire of heights to rise.
I should not fight but be hapless;
My person should be my dress.

I shall wash and I shall cook
Bear your children, I shall stoop.
Duress, care, feeble, weak.
Your stronghold should I always seek.

I shall follow but never lead
If there's hope, I shall not heed.
You shall trample, you shall play.
Rape or kill, have your way.

Strange though it seems, the way it has been. 
Maybe I don't complain, but couldn't you have seen. 
This age of worship, rage and anger that I see now
I wonder you'd listen, if not a woman I had rather been a cow.

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Ipshita Sengupta August 27, 2018 at 3:12 AM Soooo well written Mayur. It was a pleasure to read it. Mayur Choudhari August 27, 2018 at 3:16 AM Thanks Ipshita.

Shraddha Angel December 15, 2017 at 10:29 PM Masterpiece! Loved it.

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Richard Lamoureux April 14, 2017 at 8:22 AM Wow, the best for last. Emotive and powerful piece. You have wrote a significant piece. I have enjoyed reading your poems this morning.

Doug Vinson April 13, 2017 at 9:41 PM A powerful poem, Mayur. Mayur Choudhari April 13, 2017 at 10:38 PM Thanks Doug! Means a lot coming from you.