RURAL WOMAN
Just one afternoon this beautiful sight I see,
Looking at the dry leaf wandering around it felt so much like me.
I look back at my life and I wonder why, am I just to struggle, am I just to cry,
Or maybe I am this vibrant kite lost somewhere in the sky.
I live for others not so much for me, and then I think,Is my future a barren land or
Is it lonely like the sea?
I have no time for myself but I never step back to help,
I am somewhere lonely just like the candle flame,
And the question I have is, for this who do I blame?
I am a mother, I give you life,
A sister, not all brother’s like,
A daughter whose gender you won’t happily agree to,
A wife, your partner and friend all your life through.
I am a woman, but I am lost, what is my identity?
What does my life cost?
While school and books were never meant for me,
That never stopped me from who I want to be.
No matter how strong I am, I have this child in me,
I am emotionally strong I am associated with thee.
The freckles and wrinkles on my face was never a big task,
A little love and affection is that too much to ask.
I look at my life and I have this strange thought,
I am a woman, but I am lost, what is my identity?
What does my life cost?
Loveleen Kaur Sohi
