now i trust nobody

As I sit with a pen and paper in my hand

I think of no one but the person in me

I am no statue of clay and sand

But a human with flesh and bones, as you see.

As I step every morning outside the door

With happiness and confidence all rearing to go

I don’t wonder while I am waiting for the bus

If sum one is staring at me from head to toe

But being carefree is not what I should be doing

Because of the horrifying news the paper is blowing

And every time I read of rape or harassment

My brain gets a jolt and I think till I bend

We the weaker sex, in this patriarchal society

Will we always be treated like dirt on a shoe?

However high posts I hold in this world

In corporate, in politics, in professions well-known

At the end of the day when I hold the piece of paper again

I see myself right at the bottom of the game

Is this what I get for looking good?

Is this what you do if my skirt is shorter than it should?

Is this how I should feel when I am alone?

Am I ever going to be able to laugh and not mourn?

Is trust such a feeble word that you can break it anytime you please?

If my guardian is doing this to me

Should I stop believing in angels?

Am I always to be blamed,

Because he overpowered me?

Because I couldn’t stop him from looking at me?

Because I was friends with him

And lay my trust on him?

Will I ever be able to live peacefully

Without the haunts of the demons who are free?

Is there ONE person who’ll tell us

What wrong have we done?

We are born as girls, is that our crime?

Or are we just objects for you to have fun?

Now I trust nobody in my life

And I live a list of “do-nots”

Sometimes I even think that

I have lost faith in you O Lord.