28

Am unmarried and 28,
She said,
The old men in my village
Look at me like herlot.

In their times, they say,
Girls married at 16
And those were not taken
Who were ruined.

Never have we come across a girl
Unmarried though 28,
Maybe you are secretly aborted
Or it simply means you are an outcast.

She is sullen, not at them but at herself
To have born into the world
With aims to be stronger than men
And dreams to make it big.

Now that she's being labelled
Maybe she'd succumb to their wishes
And world will miss the rise of a woman
From dark trenches.

Thanks & Regards,

Vinod Jadhav,
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