“I am woman, I am weak,

I am woe-man, I will crib,

I am born to sulk, to surrender, to forgive,

I seek no forgiveness for times I fail to please!

 

I am woman, so I will not speak,

I once had a voice, an ego, a dream

Things that were crushed, what I used to be,

All that’s stolen is yours now to keep!

 

I am vulnerable, I was built to feel pain,

Designed like a robot, to work till you gain,

I find no reason to compete with men,

For I am and will always be woe-man!”

 

Dedicated to women… till they learn to ‘speak’!  

– Aditi Shukla