I Am Girl Poem by Roopa Menon

I didn't know that it mattered.
But now in my teens,
I know it makes a difference.
Living as a teen girl,
Is living a life,
With freedom and restrictions,
Both seem to function antagonistically.
Every thing I do,
Seems all related to that some day,
That someday when I get married,
I am supposed to be polite,
Well mannered and disciplined.
I was to keep my room spic and span,
Because if I don't don't learn it now,
Then some day that somebody,
Would probably kick me out.
I wish all this was told,
So I am a better person,
And it develops my personality,
So that I am independent,
And not for that someday,
When I am to get married.
My life is all mine,
It doesn't have to sound,
Like a training session,
For that some day,
When I am to get married.
I wish to live with the innocence of a child,
Freedom of a teenager,
Maturity of a young girl.
I wish my choices were all mine,
My decisions were all mine,
And my life was all mine!
With everything I do be,
For me and my good,
And not for that some day,
Nor for that some body,
I wish to be accepted,
Like the way I am and
The way I think,
I wish to improve and
Keep improving my life and me,
For being a good person,
But not for anyone else.
Because,
I don't know about the rest of the world,
But I am a girl,
And I am proud of it.