Fertility Associated With Menses Poem by Tulsi Shrestha

Fertility associated with menses
Never projected as a spirit of creation
Always manipulated by ritual scheme
Incited as a symbolised form of impurity.
During their periodic flow, not allowed to
Enter in temples, churches and stupas
As long as menstrual cycle
Continues in a female,
She retains natural ability
To produce offspring.
The attribute of fertility enclosed
Inside menses, is undervalued
And ill treated as an untouchable
During menstrual period by
Those who call themselves
Theologians, so -called
Representatives of Lord.
One who enters with the proof of
Fertility and is eligible for motherhood
Shouldn't be humiliated rather
Should be privileged and honoured.

Composed by Tulsi Shrestha
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