FOR EVERY DREAM

For every dream
Shattered under the
Weight of traditions
And every freedom
Shackled by the
Chains of customs

For every sister
Traded for her brother’s honour
And every mother
Abandoned and abused
For the birth of a girl child

For every bride
Tortured and burned alive
For the dearth of dowry
And every daughter
Deemed less worthy
Of education and inheritance

For every child whose books
Were exchanged with Henna
And every wife whose
Autonomy was buried
With the vows of her marriage

For every women called names
And judged impure
Because her body
Fell a prey to your lust

Shall rise a generation
With anger in their eyes
Anger, that does not forgive
That does not forget
That does not breed
Years of generational trauma

A generation of gallant
Men and women
Who are not afraid
Of the idea of equality

A generation of women
Who do not need men
To define their worth and beauty
Who are not slaves
To the notions of centuries
Who are not silenced
By fear or consolation

Who breed children
That fight for a world
Where men and women
Walk on the same road
Not as subservient and masters
But as equals and worthy
With might and dignity
And grace, that God created them with,
As worthy and beautiful!