She Had No Courage... Poem by S.D. TIWARI

Her parents and the society pressed,
Under the situation she was depressed;
Fate of the future, she didn't know,
Yet she had no courage to say ‘no'.

Option of love was not her property,
Matches decided, by parents and society;
To a strange person, she had to devote,
Yet she had no courage to say 'no'.

That one had to be, her day of doom,
Because she din't like the groom;
Wedding procession arrived at door,
Yet she had no courage to say 'no'.

Groom was, of the age of her double,
There was no match of the couple;
Against her will things had to go,
Yet she had no courage to say 'no'.

She lived in the vicinity of rural,
She was jobless, parents were poor;
She could not depart from the woe,
Yet she had no courage to say 'no'.

Indian wedding was solemnised,
To the groom's house, she arrived;
She had to live like a hostage or helot;
Yet she had no courage to say 'no'.

She tolerated all, for some time,
But how long could live suffocating life?
How long water of torture could flow?
Gradually, got, the courage to say 'no'.

She met a young boy in due course,
He loved her and consoled of-course;
She decided to abscond from home,
Now she got the courage to say 'no'

- S. D. Tiwari