Sunday, January 09, 2011

An Afghan Poet Tears at the Truth of Her Being

My hope for her is that 10 years from now, someone will say: "Amazing that women were not fully appreciated back then - look at all they have done, now, to move us forward!"

Amplify’d from www.awwproject.org

A World of Luck

If I were not a woman

the day I was born

Mom wouldn’t have suffered.

Dad wouldn’t have warned

her: You’ve brought shame

to the house!

If I were not a woman

I would never be a hurt,

never be ashamed.

Roya

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