Malena

when she screamed
I too screamed
when she cried I too cried...
she cried in anguish..

she cried " let me be "
but they would not.

they beat her up
A bitch in the ditch... they said
they made her pay for
crimes she did not commit

they cut her hair
hoping their men would dislike her
they kicked her ass
they humiliated her
beyond u and I can possibly bear..

If I had been her
I will definitely escape...
you would find me as a lunatic
or as a dead man rotting
in a corner of my house...

But she is not me
She is a Goddess
She silently took the beating
She silently took the insulting...

How resilient is she
I can't comprehend how she can bear all that suffering
May be she had a "thing" in a deep corner of her heart
which they could not touch.

I made a resolution
to see something beyond beauty
beyond sexy flesh
in a woman..

To penetrate and see
realizing
that beyond that glowing skin
she has a soul
which pains and screams
against injustice and discrimination
Just like mine...

Inspired by the film " Malena"