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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