Because I'm a Girl
I am a girl,
Whose birth was celebrated with hope and joy—
But still, there was someone who believed
That the celebration would be twice
If I had been a boy.
When I took my first step,
My mother hugged me like I was her world.
With love in her heart and tears in her eyes,
She held me close,
Without saying a word.
When I was five,
I wished no girl would come into this world—
All because of someone's touch
That made me feel the worst.
At school,
My teacher told me not to sit with boys,
"You're a girl," she said,
"As if that alone would cost me twice."
But still, I thank them all—
For teaching me I’m worth protecting
In this cruel, creeping world.
Then came college—
I smiled, I made friends.
But only the boys assumed
That friendship had to mean something else.
When I walk outside,
Those crocodile eyes make me shrink inside.
But at home, I smile,
Because that smile lifts my family high.
A woman—
A woman who doesn’t earn
Is “owned” by her husband for life.
What a paradox...
Worshipped in temples,
Yet shamed in real life.
They say female infanticide is a crime.
But I say, and I believe—
That killing once
Is far better
Than killing her every day
In the name of life.
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