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Fempowerment

By Divya Hirani

Since the years prior to cognisance

When you were given the free pass of innocence

When your tears were not silent and secretive

Spoon fed behaviours to ensure you continue to live

You inherited this unfair biased world

One not tailor made for its ‘ladies,women and girls’

And where we should stand in unanimous solidarity

We get to work on our sisterhood wounds if we are lucky

Since the times that our witchy predecessors

Were beheaded for manipulating the laws of the universe

To the present day maidens of the market

The workhorses with femininity under straightjacket

We inhabit a world owned by selfish philanthropists

Against greed and inequality they raise their fists

But hide their true intentions like criminals conspiring their crime

Despite the propaganda is it really our time

Young men have it worse they would make you believe

But women despite themselves are being set up to underachieve