every girl's wish

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Are the streets safe for us to walk here and there

Or do we just sit at home in a corner and swear?

 

Why clean these streets,

if one doesn’t use it?

 

The nation wants to know

Why do people make so many excuses?

 

The streets are not safe they say

But why in the end, the women have to pay?

 

Why can’t women move around freely and go wherever they want to go

Why can’t the world’s largest democracy be safe for us, does anyone know?

 

People say women should dress up right

But why can’t the men change their own sight?

 

People look at lipsticks and comment

But why can’t they control their intent?

 

Often we say that women are much stronger than men

But do we actually mean it?

Or is it just a statement because no one feels it?

 

Don’t go out late at night, for people have a bad sight

is something that we live with every day

Can’t these men just sit a bay?

 

In our own country I feel

That a woman can be raped

But not protest against it

 

Go on and protest against something

What do you get in return?

Torture, rape, disrespect?

Or worst of all, an unsightful (unsightly) death?

 

Be careful, there are bad touches around us

They say….

Why do all these rapes happen?

Can anyone please tell us..

 

I go out wearing a skirt

I hear whistles around me

People say cover your legs and walk

But why on earth do people have to see?

 

Humanity, at this point is in its grave

Why don’t people let women be brave?

 

Time flies

But why do these criminals get bail so easily?

 

God, why did you make us a woman?

we wonder

So hard for us to carry on

Or should we just surrender?

 

Why do we trust mean around us?

Why was Nirbhaya raped in the bus?

Oh you must be thinking why make such a fuss

because all these things happen around us?

 

Why do some people have such a destructive mindset?

Why do they respect their mothers and sisters?

Why do they respect all female politicians?

But can’t respect a girl walking down the street alone?

 

Carry a pepper spray people (they?) say

It protects you from (bad?)the people, they say

But why do they become bad is my question

If anyone has an answer, do please tell me

Buy us shorts, skirts etc.

But what is the use if we don’t wear them?

Girls shouldn’t wear jeans men say

But can’t we just dress up in our own way?

 

I wanted to go out on the streets and protest

That why can’t we live our life to the best?

But my friends pulled me away and said

The streets don’t belong to us, it belongs to the rest

 

If men drink around and misbehave

Then it’s ok

But if a girl slaps him

The slap is turned into a rape

 

It’s been two years after Nirbhaya’s death

But nothing seems to have changed…

The only thing that changed is �"

The rape cases are going up again

 

There are over thousands of rape cases pending

The criminals not yet punished

People say that India is awaking

But do we do if people have the same mindset

 

A rape victim was lying on the road

All drenched in pain

Many people passed by

But all of it went in vain

 

When a rape victim died

She went to God and said

‘Whatever happens please don’t make me a woman like the rest’

 

If I stand up for my right

I speak a lot

If I don’t stand up for my right,

I am dumb!

 

Who created this mindset?

And why does one destroy this beautiful creation

To be loved is everyone’s right

But why does one destroy this creation?

 

Life is beautiful, many people say

They keep on saying thus day by day

 

Please keep my life beautiful

The way it is

 

I want my freedom back

I want things to be the way they were

I want to roam freely from a place to another

But when will I get it back I always wonder

 

Sometimes even I wish that I was not a woman

I wouldn’t have to spend time wondering is my life in safe hands

 

Thirty years from now

I would sit back and wonder

Should I have carried on in my life

Or should have I surrendered

 

There is a ray of hope

But it is too small

The ray of hope is in our heart

But it tells me that there are a lot of things that is tearing it apart