Trapped

‘Trapped ‘                                    

Trapped and nowhere to go,

Yearning to break free,

But mummified in this saree.

Who?? The Indian mummy of course! (pun intended)

Her mind is chained , but her limbs are free

Strange! Why?

To do work of course! For the family

What a pity!

She’s orphaned at marriage,

No succor from her parents.

She’s part of an alien land,

With alien laws by in-laws!

No one cares!

Not a thought they spare,

What apathy!

She can be saved,

Only by a superhero husband.

But do they exist???

Most of them are monsters,

Beating her to pulp instead.

What brutality!

There’s no escape.

Her children ground

her flight.

She can’t leave them behind.

She has to endure,

Her caged existence.

What a tragedy!