You
By Latha Prem Sakhya
I
was given to you - a companion
To be at your side
To enjoy the life
we shared
But what have you
done to me?
You petted me,
You pampered me,
You made me your
play thing.
I was a pawn in
your hand,
A rag doll used to
satiate
Your hidden
desires and whims.
I a fool, a slave to your charm
Did everything to
please you.
I cared for you as
a babe.
When babies arrived,
yet I found time
To cater to your
demands and desires.
“Nay”, I never
said and you thrived.
You took me for
granted
I became an abject
being
Even after
education and money
Liberated me to be
a free individual.
I, with my
infinite patience
Tried to please
you.
But you, in your
growing arrogance
Misused me,
brutally.
What was sacred in
me,
Was torn and
destroyed to fulfill
Your perverted
mind’s desire.
You treated me
heinously.
I was raped and
tortured
Even my lifeless
body was not spared
No beast will do
such a thing.
You have become
worst than a beast.
Now, it is time
for me to rethink,
It is time for me
to retrace,
It is time for me
to redefine,
It is time for me
to break these fetters,
Your false chains
of helplessness and need
That fetters me to
your side.
Now let me live
like a human.
Even animals have
their liberty.
You told me, I
tempted you
Exhibiting my
nakedness
I lured you to
commit
Unimagined
atrocities on me.
My looks, my body,
my walk,
Everything tempted
you.
But I am helpless
I am made this
way.
Isn’t it time
You looked into
yourself
Or stand in my
shoe
May be for a day
To comprehend my
life?
When are you going
to transform?
If you don’t, I
will change.
I have a blood
thirsty sideto me.
Leashed in my
subconscious
Where I become a
terrible
Blood drinking
deity-
Impatient,
arrogant, intolerant
Wild, untamed,
ferocious,
With an over
whelming desire to kill,
And destroy
everything on my path
Hindering my
progress in life
To live like I
desire.
Once unleashed
No power can
withstand
This ferocious
Fury
Fettered Inside my
self
Generation after generation.
Don’t blame me,
I didn’t warn you.
I gave you many
hints.
If you don’t
listen-
This wild Fury,
Releasing itself
Will be satiated
Only by drinking
your blood.
