A Poetry on International Women’s Day
Poetry by Joseph Martin Alex
“So amazing how this world was made,
I wonder if God is a woman”
These were the beautiful words of Shaggy
in his beautifully composed song:
“Strength of a woman”, indeed a song wonderfully sung.
Who can fathom the value of a woman?
Who can comprehend her rare gift to humanity?
A woman brings life;
A woman nurtures life
A woman sustains life
A woman is indisputably the pride of life.
Her esteem is so highly placed among all creatures
Her substance transcends the imagination of nature
She is worth more value than any precious pearl
And of her qualities, words fall too short to tell
So sad it is however, that for so long a woman’s value has been underestimated.
Her role in our society seems to have been restricted.
Her Progress has been limited;
Her Hopes has been confined;
Her Dreams has been shattered;
Her Career path has been dictated;
Her Gift has been underestimated;
Her Value has been underscored;
Her Capacity has been doubted;
Her rights has been trampled upon.
And Her feelings has been ignored by some men who feel that she is only inferior
Simply because they feel that they are more superior
But this notion is simply an error
It’s like seeing things only from the exterior
Without paying close attention to the interior
I’m not trying to burst anyone’s bubble
I’m only trying to react to the grumble
From voices of women complaining of the trouble
Which daily causes them to stumble
For indeed it is like an endless struggle
A struggle against forces of discrimination and segregation
A fight against abduction and isolation
A cry against violence and exclusion
From a society they love and live in
A society they nurtured and believe in
Their voices calls us to listen;
Not just with our ears but also with our hearts even as it stiffens;
Their voices are louder on this day
And I hope we all listen without disdain
If we can bring down the thick walls of individualism
And peer through the bright lenses of feminism
We would be convinced of how indebted our world is to every woman
That woman next to you is worth more than everything you could imagine
Rather than subject her to hostility
Please treat her with Affinity
She looks up to you, Press for her Progress today!
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