Blouse

(2nd Annual Issue Competition Poem)

-Adarsh Myneni

A marriage scene in the family  House glowing bright with relatives  The bride sad with her heart crying heavily  She was twelve , with dolls in her shelves .  She was forced to enter into a new world  About which she was totally unaware  Had to become a single mother , pain untold  With only white and nothing else to wear .  She was forced into a corner of the house  Abandoned by society, her duty was just to cook  Covered with a white cloth , without a blouse Neither a toy to play nor a book .  Sudden visit of her brother  He was dead inside to see her  No more a sister , she was a mother  He regretted that he couldn’t fight for her .  She cried to take her away  From the misery in that house  He accepted without any delay  Her only request was to wear a blouse .  Her wish was to stay fully dressed  Which would give her a decent end  The grief she expressed  Has now become our vogue and our trend . (STORY OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER)

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