Life As I Know It

 
  
 They say “A Girl’s life is not a life.”
 They have to face a lot of difficult times
 “When they come,
 They come with their destiny”.
  
 It is not too late that they realize
 The difference between boys and girls.
 They are told that girls are not to go to school,
 And rather stay back, 
 do the household chores and keep cool.
  
 They can't go alone into the night,
 If it is their safety you are concerned about-
 Then how come boys have that right?
  
 They can't fulfill their dreams
 They can't wear clothes that they want to anyway,
 Because all that you think about
 Is – “Log kya kahenge?”
  
 They want girls to live their lives scared,
 They want to show masculinity over theirs’.
  
 After some time
 They married and sent their home,
 But who has anyway tried to know what they want?
 They were being used statues
 And sadly, it is going to continue! 

If possible- Try and prove me wrong and true. 
I will be here. Waiting to hear from you. 

                                                                 -Shailja Bharti