The Outcast'e'd | Mohammed Ayesha Salma Kousar

I'm locked in a dungeon

of your mind

and all day

inhere I rot

my skin stinks

of your dogmatic logic

that never fades

though a million times

I scour

for your privileged mind

prejudiced

by the myths of past

deprived I live off

a glimpse of lord

you gaurd shrines

and not daughters

sisters of ours

and never you realise

the agony of my heart

my touch you loathe

my presence you abhor

and yet you conveniently

fit me into your world

also you refuse

to acknowledge

the lines of distinction

those grew deeper now

into our systems

and when

I struggle to liberate,

to seek a change

for a society

balanced on equality,

and acceptance,

for I read, I write,

comprehend my rights,

to expunge

grooves of disorder

those lurking in

I uproar, in all might

and despite

for all the times

I couldn't redraft

this cruel fate of mine

cause

I'm still lockedup in the sewer

of your mind

and trust me

there ain't any spiritual serenity

in being here..