"Regal Resilience: Odes to Strong Queen" – Delhi Poetry Slam

"Regal Resilience: Odes to Strong Queen"

By Gauri Sharma

Years passed

The situation is same.

Now, whose fault

The crowd exclaimed.

This time her eyes were down.

No one was there.

To pass on the faulty crown

The head weighs a little more

The coronal full of regrets was worn

An eerie noise points out flaws

She is the culprit, the conclusion draws

A female heir to the throne,

Is the biggest mistake ever known

A woman at height is not a matter of pride,

The slogans were preached nationwide.

With a fluttering heart, fleeting strength, and teary eyes,

The unshakable confidence inside her dies,

Broken inside, she sat on her throne for a while

Her demeanour has never been so fragile.

What, if all that they said was right?

A woman at height is not a matter of pride

But, once again, her soul called out

You can't be so simply ruled out.

Maintaining all the calm in her head

With all the vigour she said

All those filthy words used by your nasty mouth

Waiting for something to go south,

So that you can tear me down for what I do

I know it is my success that bothers you

I am stronger than anyone of you could ever be.

I am both a warrior and a woman and nobody can stop me.

Taking all the setbacks as my building strength

Handling every odd, my endurance has no length

I rise from adversity, learning from the past

Keep moving forward even if things get hard

I am a woman. I am fearless is the song I sing.

I can rule the country better than a king.

 


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