" A woman you are
When will you learn?
To speak softly, laugh only little,
Sit neatly, walk garcefully, every breath governed!
You have to be calm and demure
Your words and thoughts and your body impure,
You bleed every month, woman, its a disgrace
Ensure you hide it well and even cover your face!
Its something to be kept safe and secret
Its a curse being a woman - my biggest regret!
This pain and the struggle that comes every month
This isnt the time to pull your bold stunts!
So stay at home and stay within the walls
Dont fly too much lest trouble befalls
Its a man's world we cannot change
Be grateful, for us he drops his sweat!
What makes you feel you can change the world?
There will only be insults and accusations hurled
At you and me for doing a bad job
Unable to do more than sit and sob!
Wake up young woman!
Its time to realise your fate
And learn your place and duties
Before it gets too late!"
"My dear old world,
I am finally awake and all that you say
Is the price my sisters had to pay
For being a woman and not seen as human!
My time has finally come, and I shall speak my mind,
And I wont fumble and struggle for words to find
For I have been voiceless far too long
I have been waiting long to sing my song !
So here it is, its time you hear
That I'm a woman and the revolution is near
For me to take stand for my kin
Because I'm born a woman and that is no sin!
Yes, I bleed and I bleed for days
And there is nothing to hide or erase
This is the blood we are all made of
You , me and all the men and its a gaffe
To keep it a secret that I get period
For that's normal, pure and even sacred
Just like the baby's laughter you oh so love
Or the Goddess you worship from heavens above!
I am a woman and I have learnt
For centuries I have been burnt
For no reason, fault of mine
I have been punished for another's crime
I am a woman and I bleed
And to survive, that blood, we need
Its time you learnt to worship and revere
This blood, me, and to a new world we steer!"
Priyanka Kadam ( Meera)