1 When Silence Smiles..

     When  Silence Smiles...

Of the many forms that silence takes,

 The most indelible is the silence of hurt.

The world  has placed a finger on her pursed lips 

To hush her from wailing, told her 

The age-old stories of Sita and Savitri

To renounce her pride, to realign her plaint!

But… but, her espousing feminist traits 

Never allowed her to be acquiescent!

The bleeding dove started singing a freedom song!

‘I am a free soul, singing a solo no matter what I express

Will see the worlds, the  gender-free intellectual cosmos’ 

Wants to fit those beneath her eyelids. 

She finds space in between the splits and cuts 

                                        Filled with smiles where it's empty, where its hardy!                                               

Viswasruti2021-08-29 12:39:04