Swapped Poem by ANINDYA GANGULY

Swapped

Should I kill the man who raped a girl on the street?
Or let him hang in his own sense of defeat
Will he regret or repent in shame
As the world tomorrow comes to know his name.

I wish to know how he feels
For being a monster, for being a beast
In a world where we talk of goddesses & grace
Can't we for our lifetime hold a genuine respect?

Or are women to be objects for pleasure & fun
Don't worry I won't bug you since you are a macho man
But just imagine if by any fate or chance
Instead of being born as a man, you were a woman instead.

Would you be happy to be moled, ripped or raped
Would you be Ok, if someone touched you all over the place
Without your permission, with no restrain
How will you feel if the world turns deaf to your inscrutable pain?

Anindya (c)2018