Part 2 – now
Nirbhaya now present in an unending sky
making space for your vast sadness
you nirbhay again,
cutting through the clutter
launch yourself into the pining moon
unflinching, you become the scar on her face
homesick you, malaise inhabits vastness
you nirbhay again,
walk your stength across starscapes
seeping your surety into black holes
and serve aphrodisiac to the sun’s courtyard
broken you, watch the morning colors
seep into your wounds
you nirbhay again,
are now there, where infinity begins
Part 1 – then
Never did my dreams shrink into a cocoon, nightmares don’t sit only in dark alleys
I overheard him belching again, echoing the devil from
Realms of shattered bodies and fractured souls
Beautiful physique, he declared today
Holding my breath, sick to my stomach
Afraid, it is happening again, violent penetrating words
Yearning ache, choked in crackling laughter
A defiant womb, I give back to you
Being Nirbhaya, I dare you ma
to unfurl your tandav
into his breastbone
Do not bring me your
crippling compassion
Nirbhaya, I hold my head high
The poet has invoked the Goddess
to unfull Tandav ( a dance of destruction)to destroy the devils- the beasts who brutally violated Nirbhay and are continuning to do so.
She does not want compassion and sympathy for all such victims.
An extremely angry response from a sensitive woman poet.
A Voice of woman of the world
Papa
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