My life is sealed in a box with “Patriarchy” written on it.
I am judged on every step.
I am divided into types.
I am given a lot of tags.
I need permission before I do anything.
I can’t follow my passion after marriage.
My priorities change after marriage.
If I wear jeans and T-shirts then I am a tomboy.
If I wear small skirts & crop tops then I am a disgrace.
My life is already written by so many people but me.
I can’t rewrite it even if I want to.
I can’t have an opinion.
People think that I could take all types of crap.
The world I live in isn’t mine.
I am inferior to it.
And people ask me what I want in my life.
I want equality.
I want to remove all the tags on me.
I want to raise my voice without permission.
I want to be the author of my life.
I want smash Patriarchy, kill it, Burn it
Throw it’s ashes in the ocean.
I want to be an equal and not an inferior.
~AISHVEEN DHANOA