Walk Alone
Walk Alone
When your friends didn't make you part of their play;
While watching it behind the window bars, you walked alone...
When your siblings thought you were too young to fall in their group and hear out the secrets;
While waiting for that one suitable day, you walked alone...
Though a last bencher, still you wanted to answer the questions on your favorite topic,
But never given the opportunity, you walked alone
When your friends taunted you, made you feel like a loser, you walked alone
When you didn't have the independence to choose the subject you want to take up, you did nod, but you walked alone
When your close ones did not stand beside you, though knowing you were right, you walked alone
When your home tutor, grabbed your private parts and expressed his gladness on your 10/10,
Your pain failed to express, but you walked alone
When your much elder cousin treated you as an experimental subject to satisfy his sexual curiosity
You were numb, you walked alone
When your that uncle mentioned how beautiful you have become while caressing your thighs
With a lump in your throat, you walked alone
Amidst crowd when you could not make a connect to the person right beside
You walked alone
When your lover or husband never cared for your consent, you walked alone
Your marital status - who and when, number of children - early or late whatever it is, when you made such decisions, you walked alone
While you thought of reaching for the stars but the people discouraged, you walked alone
When you were not allowed to dream, but you dreamt about it each night, you walked alone
When you had to smile without letting others know what's killing inside, you walked alone
When you were labeled every day, you walked alone
When you were body-shamed, identity shamed, misread, misinterpreted,
You walked alone
When you were constantly judged for being you
You walked alone
When you raised your voice against every wrongdoing, you walked alone
Every time you made your independent choice,
You walked alone.
So, never settle for something less
This walk had made you fearless
Let the bravery unfold
With head held high
Let yourself soar and fly
Tell yesterday, it's gone
Your present will never pay those loans
Your fight is your own, as hand in hand you have grown
No matter if the path is unknown
No matter if your relationships are not well sown
Just reign your throne
Now, you have mastered to walk alone...
Unshackle the societal norms and superstition
Unbind the wing
Unfail the failing
Like dust, let your pain blown
Break free and walk alone...
Hardy and Free
You have earned the sky for thee...