The Immortal Girl

I was just so tiny, 

10 inches or so. 

"How could it be a girl?" 

That's what I heard my father roar. 

They took me out of her womb, 

& I heard my mother cry. 

I lied on a table like an object. 

I didn't live, I didn't die.. 

I lived on a street next to some men, 

My image lived in all their eyes. 

"You're like a daughter to me, dear", 

Such were their pitiful lies. 

They spotted me all alone, 

They tore the shorts off my thighs. 

& with their marks all over my skin, they buried me alive. 

I neither lived, nor did I ever die. 

I was kidnapped by a man once, 

"I will treat you well" is what I was told.

In a market, he made me stand apart.

To the highest bidder, I was sold.

The man who bought me, made me work all day.

He didn't see how, in the night, I cried.

With the help of my blade, I gave a rest of my breath.

I never lived, I never died.

 

As a baby, a woman, or a girl in her youth,

This is how I've spent all my time.

But don't weep for me, because you'll always know:

I have never lived, I will never die.

Reviews

[Happy hours]

it's sad and suffocating when someone go through such kind of dark phase in life...
thank you for sharing...

[Saddam]

The societies highhandedness...........
Outstanding write. Great

[Terrence Chang]

Women are weak but yet men are the first one to break in front of them. Women are emotional and yet men are the first one to cry on her shoulder. She is not your tamed pet nor your slave. She a woman not your sex drive. Beautiful and elegant she will always be. So don't destroy her by your shameful acts. Give your heart and she will beat it for you.

[anne]

really..brilliant work...this is the worst phase of my society..women who is the creator suffers the most..harsh reality but still she is a lot strong...

[R Smith]

a brilliant poem, three tales of the horror's of life and how it can mistreat women, sadly the poem reflects true life and we know how these things happen all the time, the world needs change and words like these should be put out there for all to read, well written Chandni, your poems promise much for the future :)

[Confuser]

It is a very sad poem; the Immortal Girl is a great title.....unfortunately what you've written about happens evryday in this world...I wonder where is humanity....the repeating lines of neither lived nor did I ever die building to I have never lived, I will never die is profound. I enjoyed it; interesting and I thank you. Dale

[Pushkar Prabhat]

sad and moving tale of misfortune..........life.
very effective writing......
dark poem......
i loved it!
:)
thank you for sharing and thanks to simran for the RR

[Coyote Poetry]

A very sad tale. To be alive and unseen. You create situation and bad ending. I liked the open ending. Was alive and dead in the same moment. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote