Dear Woman,

You are an epitome of love and grace,

Roles so many you ardently embrace,

Your patience is tested time and again,

Yet you handle them all with a smile on your face,

A multitude of masks you adorn to please the people around you,

Sacrificing your dreams so many,

But Alas! A judgmental world you encounter day after day.

As you perform your fine balancing act,

A few mock at all your flaws

Humiliating you for being far from perfect,

You are constricted into a quagmire of unwritten laws,

Your arduous journey takes you through meandering curves and formidable tunnels

Trying to drown you into a bottomless abyss,

But you brave the brumous skies, tempestuous winds, the unkind miles,

And like a phoenix, you arise from the flames of cruelty that engulf you…

You glisten with a heart of shimmering gold,

Wings of fire with which you soar high,

An armored shield of resilience,

A sword sculpted with your grit and fortitude

Yards of experiences and patience as your cape

And finally adorning one mask that truly belongs to you – the mask of a superwoman

You proudly proclaim- “ I can be both hellfire and holy water”.

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This poem was first published in ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour. It was written for the prompt ” Superwoman ” in March 2021.

https://poetryparlour.com/an-ode-to-woman/

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