UNVANQUISHED

Looking at how women (we) are treated in society, I wrote this poem to reflect upon the life we largely face irrespective of what economic or social strata we belong to!

UNVANQUISHED

So often snipped in the bud,

Not allowed to take form and grow,

And when the snipping is not done,

Then the growth is orchestrated to be slow,

For want of proper food and nourishment.

In spite of this,

If growth does take place,

Then obstacles and impediments

Are placed, in this life’s race.

Yet if the race is won,

By assiduousness and strife,

What awaits this tragic life,

Is but an awful sacrifice

At the altar of selfishness and greed

This life? "‘tis indeed

That of the woman.

But amidst all odds

She stands unvanquished"

For down the ages,

She continues to persevere"

Making her mark,

In our socio" economic atmosphere.

by Crystal David John