Interrogative Existence Poem by RAJNI CHHABRA

O! MOTHER
CONFINED IN YOUR WOMB
SCARED OF MY
INTERROGATIVE EXISTENCE
I BESEECH YOU
TO ANSWER MY QSUETION

COZ I AM A GIRL
I HAVE BECOME UNWANTED
ARE YOU ASHAMED OF
BRINGING ME INTO THIS UNIVERSE?
YOU WOULD HAVE HELD YOUR HEAD HIGH
AND FELT PRESTIGIOUS IN SOCIETY
BY GIVING BIRTH TO A GUY?

I AM A SEGMENT OF YOU
WON'T THE VERY THOUGHT
OF EXTINCTING ME
MAKE YOU STIR AND SIGH

I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
BEAUTIFY YOUR ORCHID LIKE ROSE
DEMANDING SPECIAL ATTENTION
I WILL FLOURISH LIKE 'MARGO'
GROWING UNCARED
WITHOUT CAUSING ANY TENSION
BEARING LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS
WON'T CAUSE ME FROWNS

WITHOUT ME WHO WILL APPRECIATE
CONSANGUINITY OF BROTHER N SISTER
WITHOUT ME WHO WILL CELEBRATE
FESTIVALS OF RAKHI AND BHAIYAA DOOJ

HOW WILL DURGA, LAKSHMI N SARASWATI
INCARNATE ON THIS EARTH
AND WITHOUT ME THE EARTH'S PRIDE
HOW WILL GROOM GET BRIDE?


MOVED BY INVOKING QUESTION OF
ENTITY OF THE WOMB
MOTHER TRIED TO PROVIDE HER SLOACE
CONVINCING HER WITH MOTHERLY GRACE

OH! MY YET TO BE BORN DAUGHTER
I CAN SENSE YOUR BREATH
YPUR MOVEMENTS AD SENSATION
I AM YOUR MOTHER
YOU ARE MY FASCINATION

IT IS MY SACRED DUTY TO GENERATE YOU
I KNOW ONLY ONE GIST OF LIFE
NURTURED ON SELF -LESS SELF
WHETHER IT BE A GIRL OR BOY
BOTH ARE EQUAL IN MOTHER'S EYES

YOU ALIGHT IN THIS WORLD
SAFE N HEALTHY
IS MY CHIEF CONCERN
INCARNATION OF CREATION, POWER N ENERGY
YOU FLOURISH IN DENSE SHADE OF AFFECTION
I NOURISH YOU AS FIRM FOUNDATION.