Mary
When she was born,
the moon of the sky smiled
but her mother's bright face
turned pale.
She remembered her past
and got frightened
because being a girl was
a matter of shame in her dark village;
she had been neglected too in
every sphere of life.
She looked at the beautiful face
of her daughter
and tears flooded her two deep eyes.
When her husband came to see them,
she cried, 'Alas! I've given birth
to a daughter. Let me flee taking her away.'
He asked her smiling, 'Why? '
Her father-in-law came and asked her, 'Why? '
Her mother-in-law came and asked her, 'Why? '
She looked at their faces and said,
'Nobody loves a girl in this village.'
Her father-in-law laughed and said,
'Time has changed. Now both a girl and a boy
Are welcomed here equally.'
She couldn't believe her ears.
She again looked at their smiling faces.
Her baby cried in hunger. Her
mother-in-law said, 'Go you all.
Let us care our baby.'
The male left naming the daughter Mary.
Copyright © Sayeed Abubakar | Year Posted 2018
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