She

By Nagma Tamkeen

In a public place…….

she a public property

amongst the amateurs,

who would snatch away

her bundle of life,

on the road lay scattered

all her desires and wishes

In her bale, she said’ –

lived her broken relationships;

in tit- bits and fragments,

which she salvaged, all through her life

Each day on losing her chastity,

she would scream in bewilderment,

hither and thither and across,

she would run to save her modesty

But, alas ! she succumbed

to her inanition……..

sometimes for a mere bread,

and at times for a penny

And…….. at last,

This public property

was open for many !!!

By Nagma Tamkeen