Today's poem is dedicated to the worship of Devi Maa in the form of women.
Yesterday I participated in a Twitter chat (Check with hashtag SpiritChat) on celebrating Divine Feminine. My thought about best way of celebrating the supreme power is ending the gender bias. When we worship Devi Maa, the major focus is on rituals and worship in the form of Murti. However, our devotion to Mother Goddess won't be complete till we won't work rigorously to stop the crimes against women and gender bias. Today's poem is all about womanhood.
Do we really worship Devi Maa?
In which form? Mother, daughter, sister, friend, wife, girlfriend, a woman?
Do we really worship 'her'?
She is murdered
Before her birth
If she is allowed to
See the life
Her life is forced to choke at every stage,
Her childhood,
Her adolescence,
Her youth,
Her career,
Her dreams,
Her ambitions,
And.....................
Her love
Sometimes in the name of love,
Sometimes in the name of her protection,
Sometimes in the name of honor
Cruelly
Or
Sweetly
Her life is forced to suffocation
Sometimes in the name of traditions,
Sometimes in the name of modernity
Her life is choked
She is not allowed to cry
Oh...her tears have a label, drama!
She is not allowed to breathe freely
Her capabilities,
Are made to limit in her fertility
She is abused,
she is raped,
She is blamed for her femininity,
And she is blamed for being a victim,
She is hated for being a victim,
Yes, she is blamed
For the crime
Of being a woman
She is blamed
For the cowardly desire of the rapist to overpower her
She is abused for raising her voice
Her character is judged
Her purity is judged
Oh...she is scrutinized
By the self-appointed
Social judges
Without any purity of thoughts
Without any clarity of thoughts
Oh...it's their self-declared duty to control her
She is punished till she is broken completely by
The social judges who fear her femininity
She is abused for speaking up for her rights
She is judged
By her cloths,
By her hairstyle,
By her figure,
By her beauty...
Her character is judged
But her loving heart is ignored
Her love,
Her care,
Her sacrifice is forgotten
Oh...it's her duty
She won't ever complain
And, she shouldn't
It's her duty
Self appointed judges declare
She is not allowed to think,
She is not allowed to choose,
She is not allowed to grow,
She is not allowed to weep,
She is not allowed to breathe freely
She is not allowed to love what 'she' loves,
She is forced to love by their choice,
Because she is a woman
Why?
Woman is a complete human
then why?
She has a brain,
She has a heart,
She can think,
She can choose,
She maintains the balance
She can decide
She worships her family,
She worships her love,
She worships her work,
She worships her duties,
Unconditionally...............
then why?
Do we worship her?
Do we recognize Devi Maa in 'her' form?
Do we respect womanhood?
Do we 'really' worship Devi Maa?
Prayers blogged on this Navaratri:
Yesterday I participated in a Twitter chat (Check with hashtag SpiritChat) on celebrating Divine Feminine. My thought about best way of celebrating the supreme power is ending the gender bias. When we worship Devi Maa, the major focus is on rituals and worship in the form of Murti. However, our devotion to Mother Goddess won't be complete till we won't work rigorously to stop the crimes against women and gender bias. Today's poem is all about womanhood.
Do we really worship Devi Maa?
In which form? Mother, daughter, sister, friend, wife, girlfriend, a woman?
Do we really worship 'her'?
She is murdered
Before her birth
If she is allowed to
See the life
Her life is forced to choke at every stage,
Her childhood,
Her adolescence,
Her youth,
Her career,
Her dreams,
Her ambitions,
And.....................
Her love
Sometimes in the name of love,
Sometimes in the name of her protection,
Sometimes in the name of honor
Cruelly
Or
Sweetly
Her life is forced to suffocation
Sometimes in the name of traditions,
Sometimes in the name of modernity
Her life is choked
She is not allowed to cry
Oh...her tears have a label, drama!
She is not allowed to breathe freely
Her capabilities,
Are made to limit in her fertility
She is abused,
she is raped,
She is blamed for her femininity,
And she is blamed for being a victim,
She is hated for being a victim,
Yes, she is blamed
For the crime
Of being a woman
She is blamed
For the cowardly desire of the rapist to overpower her
She is abused for raising her voice
Her character is judged
Her purity is judged
Oh...she is scrutinized
By the self-appointed
Social judges
Without any purity of thoughts
Without any clarity of thoughts
Oh...it's their self-declared duty to control her
She is punished till she is broken completely by
The social judges who fear her femininity
She is abused for speaking up for her rights
She is judged
By her cloths,
By her hairstyle,
By her figure,
By her beauty...
Her character is judged
But her loving heart is ignored
Her love,
Her care,
Her sacrifice is forgotten
Oh...it's her duty
She won't ever complain
And, she shouldn't
It's her duty
Self appointed judges declare
She is not allowed to think,
She is not allowed to choose,
She is not allowed to grow,
She is not allowed to weep,
She is not allowed to breathe freely
She is not allowed to love what 'she' loves,
She is forced to love by their choice,
Because she is a woman
Why?
Woman is a complete human
then why?
She has a brain,
She has a heart,
She can think,
She can choose,
She maintains the balance
She can decide
She worships her family,
She worships her love,
She worships her work,
She worships her duties,
Unconditionally...............
then why?
Do we worship her?
Do we recognize Devi Maa in 'her' form?
Do we respect womanhood?
Do we 'really' worship Devi Maa?
Prayers blogged on this Navaratri:
- चैतन्यपुजा: चरणकमलों में गुरुदेव आपके
- चैतन्यपूजा: तेरी शरण में हूँ माँ
- चैतन्यपूजा: साधन में दृढ़ निष्ठा देना
- जीवनमुक्ति: रक्ष रक्ष मम साधननिष्ठा
- विचारयज्ञ: साधन करण्या दृढ निष्ठा दे मज
- Narayankripa: My Life - Sadhana