Women Are Imprisoned Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

To propose love is male's prerogative.
How can man know woman's consent for love
Without expression of his love to her
By eye contact or any suggestive way?
If it is branded a sexual harassment
And she or the society takes him to task,
Do we not destroy sensuality
And sensuousness of human life
In the name of protection of woman,
A parochial aptitude rearing its head?
Wooing, courtship and pursuit of love all
Being crimes, women are locked in a cell.
11.10.2018