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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.

Copyright © Mayur Choudhari | Year Posted 2017

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Ipshita Sengupta Date: 8/27/2018 3:12:00 AM Soooo well written Mayur. It was a pleasure to read it. Login to Reply Mayur Choudhari Date: 8/27/2018 3:16:00 AM Thanks Ipshita.

Shraddha Angel Date: 12/15/2017 10:29:00 PM Masterpiece! Loved it. Login to Reply

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Richard Lamoureux Date: 4/14/2017 8:22:00 AM Wow, the best for last. Emotive and powerful piece. You have wrote a significant piece. I have enjoyed reading your poems this morning. Login to Reply

Doug Vinson Date: 4/13/2017 9:41:00 PM A powerful poem, Mayur. Login to Reply Mayur Choudhari Date: 4/13/2017 10:38:00 PM Thanks Doug! Means a lot coming from you.