Let Me Be Born Poem by Archana Kapoor Nagpal

Let Me Be Born

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Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I want to see the world,
I can anticipate,
It must be a beautiful place,
I can feel within you - as I also participate,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I want to see the birds,
I want to sail a boat,
I want to smell the flowers,
I want to see a cluster of stars,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I want to fly a kite,
I want to see the rainbow high in the sky,
I want to hold your hand,
And walk along the beach side,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I want to play with you,
I want to stay with you,
I want to hug you,
I just want to be with you!

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I want to get drenched in rain,
I want to fall in love - again and again,

I want to be a mother,
Of a wonderful daughter,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

Why do you want to kill me?
I am your daughter!
Your mother did not kill you,
She brought you into the world,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

I will not leave you,
When you need me most,
I will not betray you,
When you get old,

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown,

Give me a chance,
Let me be born,
Just once,
Let me be born!

Please mother let me be born,
I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem is an effort to express a thought - ‘Say No to Female Foeticide'. In the poem, a female fetus is expressing her desire to live and come into this world. Sex determination of fetus is legally banned in India.

Female Feticide is the act of aborting a fetus because it is female. This is a major social problem in India. As per Wikipedia statistics, it is estimated that more than ten million female fetuses have been illegally aborted in India.

Researchers for the Lancet journal based in Canada and India stated that 500,000 girls were being lost annually through sex selective abortions.

Let Me Be Born' is a poem dedicated to this social problem of ‘Female Feticide' in India.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kee Thampi 08 January 2013

we must not hide it and must pen for them- unborn girls best wishes for this poet

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Chisomo Kumwanje 04 January 2013

Nice touching poem...

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Gajanan Mishra 04 January 2013

I might shine bright like a diamond in your crown. Fine. I like it. thanks. I invite you to read my poems and comment.

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