Courtroom

By Deepti

They touched her without her permission

But now they want remission

Claiming we were adolescent

But to commit a crime were bold enough

howled we were a child

gave her pain, were they blind?

My lord! she hasn’t died yet

Shamelessly ardent their lawyer said

You have ripped her soul

committed a deed very foul

she died even before her death

still fighting for life in the hospital bed

With a shaky voice,

And heavy heart replied the prosecutrix

rage and helplessness mix

and the judge gasped

Alas! society is still masked

Oh! much to despair it reacted

What’s the necessity to be out, so late in the evening?

It vexed

From there it messed

One by one, chopped the freedom off

Obviously! of girls, refraining them from slipping off

We need to protect them,

Unwanted useless shield to them

By stopping them from going out

Snatching all of their clout

What if they scream loud?

We will shut their mouth

their way to dress

choices they make give us stress

conventional unconventional doesn’t matter

it’s just not our culture settles

Sadly, enough it’s very common

happening around in every other courtroom

tainting the fairy tale of national glory

and making this society even more scary

then what’s the solution

I guess it’s moral education

By Deepti