An Exception Poem by Vidi Writes

I am born – born as a girl child. Yes a girl child!
The birth of who is not perceived as revered.
But as responsibility that has to be chucked out.
Burden that had to be loaded off from shoulders
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

I had smiled at all who peeped into my cradle
And was senseless to know the serration in those eyes
Later when I was told about the contempt in their faces
I regretted for that smile which I had thrown at them
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Along with gender the colour of skin also mattered
Wealth of the family and beauty of baby were tallied
From the day one calculation triggered the sparks
Unknowingly the child felt the heat under the cradle
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Girl in infant never knew the insolence showered on her mother
Which took away a piece of texture from mother’s heart
Who in turn aspired for an opposite gender to heal the pain
After all the shelter of Love and Respect is what everyone seek
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Colour of blood, curves in body and nerves in brain all are same
Whether I am a girl or boy. Is this realization so hard to grasp?
She talks, walks, nocks like others. Cry, shy, sigh - the same.
Prejudice, is all man made, after all her womb inside is insecure
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Ability, personality, dignity, liberty not comes through embryo
They are fabricated after birth, with virtue of social setup and scope
If that very virtue is snatched away, there is no range to blossom
Equanimity is what needed and not equality, which makes us humans
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Nature has provided all fair means to entire species on the earth
Where Homo sapiens enjoy the power of brain over all others
Still, in Gender Issues - egoism has masked the brilliance of brain
Which pulled down man’s supremacy lower to animal instinct.
Blessed are those who are an exception to this.

Life of human is a great gift of nature where you are ‘he’ or ‘she’
Don’t indulge in self-prestige and prejudices that will ruin your fate
Forgive and foresee the life with humility. Give and take love and respect.
When we cannot conquer ‘Death’, who is supreme after all?
He or she, learn lessons from mistakes and be an exception to above all.

-vidi-
07-03-06