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A beauty traveled                         

                                                 By

                                          Prerna Mishra
                                           written in class 12, 2011

A beauty traveled
Through heavenly sky
Reached toxic earth.  
Beauty delivered and cursed.

Adding to census
She smiled…….

This time
Not killed in womb.

Growing unknowingly
Away from life .

Maroon from dreams
Crushing desires,
She walks with family
Which took, never gave
Waiting to give her.

The wet eyes
Never saw certificate,
Traveled all pebbles of life.

Sprouting girl, chained to marriage
New home welcoming
New domestic helper
Being used in light and shadow.

For dowry existed
Holding its evil mate
Killed the girl’s girl
This time in womb.

Cries the mother girl
On her not breaking in womb.


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