I Am Afraid To Live In This World Poem by Mary Amrutha

I Am Afraid To Live In This World

Rating: 3.5


I'm afraid to live in this world
the world has become a place
which is not safe for women

we should even fear our own shadows
we couldn't predict when those
hands of the evil
will grab us
and teare us into pieces

we have hearts!
we have souls!
we are human beings like you all.

when i remember that day.
The day when the dreams of a girl
where destroyed by those
cold blooded ones
A day in Delhi
that none of us forgets.

Death!
The reward that they got
but is it enough for what they have done?

this is the cry of every girl,
not just me
who is not safe
even in her mothers' womb.

A girl of two or a lady in her seventies
should fear the world
should fear the ones
who hides in the darkness to grab her,
to grab her into its darkness.
for her,
death hides in the streets
in its corners,
around her,
it hides in the air she breathes.


This damn world!
this bloody damn world is not safe for me,
not safe for you,
not safe for any one!

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
cry of a girl
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Calvin Curdle 08 November 2013

You have made me become one with the girl. Great work.

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Mary Amrutha 09 November 2013

thanks for you comment calvin

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Utsav Patel 16 November 2013

Good job dear, .. read my poem called cruel cannibals... I wrote in my way :)

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Fabrizio Frosini 25 January 2015

each and every second women, girls, children.. worldwide, are violated and many of them are atrocely killed.. and not only frail women/girls, also toddlers / kids / men.. ''Homo Homini Lupus'' (man is a wolf to man) .. and the most innocent too often are the victims.. Thanks for sharing your passionate poem, Mary. It remembers all of us how important is to raise our voice against violence and support all those who are victims of violence.. Rapists and all those who use violence against the weakest are the dregs of humanity!

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Amitava Sur 24 March 2014

A very apt and elaboration of the women's concern all over the globe as on date. If it is not stopped immediate the existence of human race itself will be in a question. But not all are these demons who do not know what is a woman, there are many people who stand by your side. You may read my poem A WOMAN

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Kanav Justa 10 March 2014

this is the cry of every girl, not just me who is not safe even in her mothers' womb., , , , this is the real face of the world we live in, , ,

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Daniel Brick 12 January 2014

This is a powerful and passionate poem, and you raise your voice to support those who are victims of violence. You make it very, painfully clear that you or someone close could be a victim too. My heart goes out to you because you have to live in a climate of fear. It's hard enough doing what you should be doing: going to school, being a good daughter, a good friend, planning for a productive, generous life - accomplishing those goals is a full life! But dealing with unprovoked violence is a shame. You can't stop the violence alone or dispel the fear by yourself, but the poem you wrote and gave to the world is an eloquent statement of defiance against those who do evil to others. Don't back down! Thousands and thousands of us are your silent supporters.

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Captain Herbert Poetry 21 November 2013

GREAT POEM. KIndly read, rate, and comment on my poems too

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Mary Amrutha

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Ernakulam, kerala, India
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