Don't Tear Me Apart Poem by sujata kumar

Light in brilliant bands of yellow and white
Illumined, Eyes blind,
In pain, I open eyes wide.
In robes with a halo behind.
Who art you? And why have you come?
God am I, said the voice. "Almighty! "
But Almighty why do thee cry?
Tears roll down thine cheeks!
God why do thee cry?
Seven days I worked, the universe I stroked.
Man I created and was proud
The best of all. Oh! joy in me was abound.

Then came the fragile frame.
Soft, frail but strong at heart; she could endure all pain.
So many times she's stripped,
Hair dishevelled, eyes torn,
Crushed and screwed.
Four or forty, none is spared.

'Mom they tore me apart
I pleaded I cried, but
None heeded my lament, I was left aghast.
I cried, brother let me go to mother.
Then came uncle and grandfather.
I'm your doll
Your little baby doll
Why you tear me apart? '

They killed my daughter, my child
So I cry,
My world is now a mere sly
Saviours none stand by
So I cry, so I cry.