The Woman in Me

woman sunrise

Don’t tell me

You’re ‘like’

A mother to me

A sister to me

A daughter to me

 Or compare me

To a deity

Like

Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswathi

 

My heart beats

Because of me

Because I am my own

Identity

 

Shailaja Rao, Core Member, Dhanak of Humanity (NGO)


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