Silence
Don’t gasp, Don’t lisp, Don’t mumble, Don’t choke
My opinions went unheard, no one cared that i spoke
Pretty hourglass and the clothes, oh so woke
A delicate wave and the attention on her remains unbroke
Whereas, I will the earth to open up and swallow me whole
I wish to scream but not before donning my invisibility cloak
In my mind bounces a lot of unleashed words
My sacred thoughts which they called absurd
A controversy in me, waiting to be stirred
Maybe If I was pretty, maybe then I would have been heard
Maybe If my voice was a charismatic euphony and not a croak
Don’t gasp, Don’t lisp, Don’t mumble, Don’t choke
My opinions went unheard, no one cared that i spoke
Expressing your opinion, raising your voice is not child’s play
There are norms as to who and how, these you can’t betray
More the weight of you, the less of your opinions says the survey
Polish those guccis, dust those diamonds and then your opinion can stay
Be as broken as the universe, but dare not display
But my overweight brown skin is as shiny as it is broke
Don’t gasp, Don’t lisp, Don’t mumble, Don’t choke
My opinions went unheard, no one cared that i spoke
Copyright © Khushi Gupta | Year Posted 2022
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