This Is A Story Of A Girl... Poem by Rehana Mohammadi

THIS IS A STORY OF A GIRL...

A girl when born brings cheers and a wide smile on the

swollen faces of her relatives, family and her parents. She then is referred to as “Lakshmi” (the Goddess of money) . Nourished with care, love and immense what they call “ ['TAHZEED”}. She grows up in the world of tyrannical men and a society which is influenced more by show than by substance. Now, she becomes a school-going student. She now reports every of her fight and incident taking place in school to her parents (mostly mothers) . After further developments, she becomes a teenager. This is the time when she is disturbed by several changes taking place physically as well as mentally. She begins to question on various systems of the society and slowly develops a self-individuality. After a teenager, she transforms into an adult with the responsibilities of her parents and family on her shoulders. This is the time when she faces different critical phases of life. As her career flourishes, she is married. Due to the pressure of in-laws, she has to dropp her career and devote her full time to the household works and her life begins to revolve round her husband and in-laws. Gradually, she becomes a mother. She now is even busier. As time passes by, her children grow up and get married. She becomes a mother-in-law and then grandmother and then great-grandmother and ultimately-she meets her end! ! why a girl dont have the powder to take her decideds...why always her decided take by her family....why a dont have the powder the to do what she want to do......why always she think for others...not for her.....she dont have her wish to do what she want to do what is her wish.......always thinking about relative and family....time is change for every one but not for a girl...when she is a daghter she think about her parents....when she is a sister she think about her brothers........when she is a wife she think about her hasbant.....when she is bahu she think about her in-lam....why she never think about her own wishs....
is this all? has a girl got no right to career? can't she dream of reaching
the top?
i hope i will get the answer for all who read my poem.

Rehana moammadi

rehana_md2007@yahoo.com