I just did not feel right. . .

 

I heard a parent,

Telling his son:

“Don’t cry like girls.”

And I just did not feel right.

 

I heard that,

The boys were told that

They are the sole breadwinner of the family.

And I just did not feel right.

I was told that

there is grand celebration of Lohri,

only for a son’s birth.

And I just did not feel right.

 

I saw a parent,

exempting  her son’s behaviour

with just a ‘Boys will be boys’.

And I just did not feel right.

 

I was told that:

a sister ties rakhi on her brother’s wrist,

and not even the brother on the sister’s wrist…

‘cause only he protects her.

And I just did not feel right.

 

I heard someone,

Telling a lady:

To cover her head,

As people are not good.

And I just did not feel right.

 

I was told that,

I should not talk about my periods.

And I just did not feel right.

 

I was told that it is,

Only the Prince,

Who saves the Princess.

And I just did not feel right.

 

And it was not right. . .