My 'Plea'

The most brilliant of stories set aside,

by the most ridiculous of laws, we do abide.

A thousand beautiful smiles, meant to hide

sighing with faint cries of hope to chide.

Society for the girl child, as of now, 22^nd of December 2012, is all that the aforesaid reeks of.

Even as I sit enjoying a beautiful, bright and safe morning today, I cannot help but hear the soft yet crystal clear sounds of fear, echoing within me. I am so much, but do I need to be afraid today, if I am a girl? If that is what the society is trying to make me understand, then I very well got the point, and now wish to call truce.

An argument doesn’t really have a purpose, until and unless it has a justified cause, which makes it very important, not only to the persons involved, but also to the people around. However, if either of the parties has already concluded, then the whole point of the argument is lost, hence making the argument highly silly and irrelevant to begin with.

With those words, I now begin my plea ! I am a girl, maybe not a child, and hence I fear the society has given me a reason to be scared today. There are not many times, when we, as women, stop in our daily routines, just to think and contemplate. We are so busy today, that it is hard enough to take out time for a moment of mere merriment, which we fondly call gossip, leave alone finding time to simply sit down and ponder. As far as my life goes, it’s just been competing for the much sought after position of Flash’s successor. ‘Time’ has indeed been flying, and trust me when I say that. Today however, I felt that the time for ‘fight’ over ‘flight’ had come, and hence I sat down for a moment of peace. I am not a person who gets scared easily, but if I am scared today, I have the ‘right’ to question why?

Fortune indeed favours the bold, and that is my weapon against my enemy. The ruling Government of my country may not have given me a reason to be afraid, but it seems like the fairer sex seems to think they are most definitely higher than any Authority. I do not have any comments on that, since now I am a third party, but if as a girl, I am afraid today because a boy is physically stronger, I will question every single person around, why? Opposites attract, and it may be so that ‘Lady Luck’ is favouring someone a little more, but if today’s times are about winning favours, then we, as the fairer sex, know that we do not stop down to that level. We have been labelled to be gossip mongers, and now we shall take the exact same label and slap back with it. If you want us to talk, we shall now talk, and be grateful for we’ve waited for this opportunity, all this while!!!