In The Shadows Of Failed Husbands Poem by Shakira Nandini

Hearts scarred, yet they sit silent, these girls
Hiding pain in veils, they sit quiet, these girls

Bearing cruelty, they smile through day and night
Clad in sorrow's shroud, they sit steadfast, these girls

Mute to a husband's tyranny, they choose stillness
Dreams suppressed deep within, they sit bound, these girls

Under the weight of family honor, they wither
Lives unlived, silently traded, they sit cursed, these girls

A mother's love, too blind to their hidden wounds
Every step concealing pain, they sit cloaked, these girls

Fate etched in lines of denied rights and freedom
In harsh sunlight, weaving shade, they sit weary, these girls

Gentle hands bound by chains of submission
Feeding on their share of sorrow, they sit worn, these girls

Where to turn, whom to tell of their despair?
Every hurt embraced within, they sit lost, these girls

Let no Shakira live such a story again
Raising voices for justice, they sit brave, these girls