Phajaan

By Manali Tulshikatti

There was a young girl, head full of dreams,
determined to fulfill them by any means!

Love filled her enormous heart,
extra ambitious and whip smart.

She would unapologetically take space with her big personality;
until she took notice of the narcissistic mayor of the city.

He told the dream stealers to slaughter her dreams,
turned them into ashes; once so big, they would be put in the graveyard of the "greatest to be".

She was young, seeing her dreams being crushed,
blood-stained hands of the dream stealers capturing her.

She was like a calf in the phajaan,
caged at a young age, like in afghan.

Tamed her by beating her ambitions,
starved her of opportunities, rights and her own decisions.

Surrendering to the smallest chain ever known,
she lost all her potential before she could grow.