In Search Of An Identity

It is about child marriages happening in some parts of Nepal and especially affecting the female school students who are unable to finish their schools and fighting the patriarchal shortcomings.

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All I see is a mist of darkness,

With nowhere to thread my feet in,

In World where there is absence of kindness,

I see a light of hope so thin.

I can’t go on; my body and my soul are giving in,

There’s no fire in belly to seek reasons for my quest,

With efforts and motivation of my kith and kin,

Now, I go along the path where the birds fly in the air so clean.

Then, I arrive at the gates of my fear ; the scar of defeat is still fresh,

My feet start to disobey my heart; I felt all alone a soul,

And I saw you in the ray of light; my strive afresh,

A voice so familiar like you call.

From here, I won’t look back; the quest of a yard so long,

Fighting the patriarchy ; claiming what’s been denied prolong,

We are, at the brink of being unknown; buried, burned, and killed in the womb,

No one cares or asks who are we to suffer these,

A day will arrive, there will not be palaces but tombs,

And, they will cry and say ” Save us for God’s sake, please! “

By Muniram Sharma Pokhrel

From: Nepal

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