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Illustration by @_ximena.arias
I was forced.
But nobody believed me.
Did I really need to have scars to show I was in pain?
I was bruised and battered.
But nobody believed me.
Did I really need to have the bruises on my body to show I was broken?
Outside.
I was “okay”.
Outside.
I was “strong”.
Outside.
I was “happy”.
My insides asked me.
My heart asked my brain.
“Do you even know what it feels like?
To be OKAY?
To be STRONG?
To be HAPPY?”
I was forced.
Ever since I took my first breath in this world, ever since my first cry echoed in that small hospital room, I was forced.
I was forced because I was a girl.
I was a girl that no one wanted.
I was a girl that everyone wished was dead even before I was BORN.
I was a girl; in a world of GREAT IRON WOMEN, I was a girl that everyone looked at with regret.
My father's sperm was blamed.
My mother's womb was blamed.
My family's genes were blamed.
They were BLAMED!
Not BLUFFED about!
Difference of a letter in spelling – difference of miles in meaning.
I was forced.
Forced to be like my mother.
Be like a mother who preferred her life over her self respect.
Be like a mother who could live a life treated like a dog but could never dare to fight for her honour.
I was forced.
But nobody believed me.
Did I really need to scream as loud as my mind was screaming, to the extent all I could see was red?
I was forced.
Forced to be like my sister.
A sister who had dreams just like mine.
A sister whose wings were cut and thrown away even before she could spread them.
A sister who was now an empty shell of what she used to be.
She died the night hands explored unwanted places and her screams were silenced by a thrust.
Her screams were silenced.
Her voice died when she accepted the fact that her dignity, her pride, her happiness, all of it got crushed under the weight of just being a girl.
I was forced.
But nobody believed me.
Did I really have to tear myself apart physically to show what you were doing to my heart and mind?
I was forced.
Forced again and again!
Again and again!
But nobody believed me.
I guess I really did have to pave my way to afterlife, to a god who maybe loved me a little, to show what no one could see when I was here.
I was forced.
But nobody believed me.
Maybe now they will.....
Or just create...
Another me.

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Updated on June 20, 2018
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