I want to tell them, they exist!!

I don’t want
To be stressed about being presentable
I want
To show the glory of who I am

I don’t want
To be considered a body
I want to be
Known with my personality

I don’t want
To be the burden of bozo
I want
A piece of land to stand up

I don’t want
to seduce men
I want
To be equally qualified and respected

I don’t want
To make him my guard
I want
Him to walk together with me and talk

I don’t want
to be steered at his whims or fancies
I want
Him to share his opinions and listen to mine

I don’t want
To please the world around
I want
To live happily and spread kindness

I don’t want
To gaze my dreams dying
I want to
See them alive and fulfilling

I don’t want
His money or cars
I want to
Use my education and capabilities

I don’t want
To be laughed at my efforts
I want to
Have a healthy environment around

I don’t want
To hide scars on my face
I want to
Make it glow naturally

I don’t want
To be a goddess and worshiped
I want to
Be myself and be treated fairly

I can make sacrifices
But not on others’ choices
I want to fight my own battles
To live life on my conditions

I don’t want
To show my next-generations
That the one who gave you birth is a frail
I want to see them proud of my endeavors

I don’t want
To spoon-feed my generations with bookish things
I want
To show them by action and experience the learnings

I don’t want
To leave a world with low-quality humanity
I want to
Tell them that they have a dignified existence

I don’t want
To travel on their shoulders
I want to
strengthen my own wings

I don’t want
To see pictures clicked by others
I want
To fly in the open skies and draw my sketches

I don’t want
Anyone to Judge me with prejudices
I want to
Seek and define Justice myself.

©️ Rachana ‘Mohini’