What If I Am A Girl? Poem by Pooja Karnani

I was standing over there,
You came and passed a lame comment.
That everyone could clearly hear,
This begins the rivalry which is permanent.

I shouted on you like anything,
As to me you said something...
Which was against the principles,
Against the ethics.

When I fought back,
Everyone around me was taken aback.
Why? I did what is right...
I am a girl so can't I show my might?

I can also work day and night,
Repay back the person who troubles me slight.
Pride follows people's ride,
They think that a girl's life is not so wide...

In such cases most people take the boy's side
This is the truth not the lie.
Say the truth has you ever tried...
To amend this practice, which is not right...

A girl can also fight,
A girl can also shout,
A girl is also strong,
That she can fight the wrong.

Such parasitic people are there in this life,
They scare the girls using a sharp knife.
They try to act very nice,
But one day they will have to pay its price...

What I did is new...
As a girl in the middle of crew...
To fight back with a boy,
Who thought her to be a toy?

The battles are over...
Nawabs, princes have died prior.
But our thoughts are still in the past,
Stupid limits on the girls we cast.

It's actually the girls flaw,
Everyone troubles them and break the laws.
It's we, who let them do it,
As we never protest against it.

You as a girl take your first step,
To build such a nest.
Leave behind the rest,
You start your protest...

You be the leader,
Let others be the followers...
You have your start,
By walking a way apart.

Better late than never,
This problem of our country will be over.
Nobody will dare trouble the girls ever,
Girls and boys will live equally forever...