THE GOOD DAYS
Sh. Rasouli
I am a girl with a world of dreams,
Brimful with the pure feeling of life.
I am a girl with a backpack of eaten words
And seconds overwhelmed with chaos.
I am a girl. Let me think about the good days.
I am a girl. Let me breathe.
MY SILENCE
N. Wali
I have remained under your fists and kicks for years
But I will never break.
I am a woman, harder than diamonds
And no burqas will hide me.
Why should I cover for your honor?
“What does a woman have to say?” you told me.
You told me to be silent,
But you didn’t know:
Even my silence is a thunderous roar.
WHITE DRESS
Shabana Stanekzai
The white dress was an imposed gift.
Tight and painful
Neither does it attach to me body
Nor does it leave my embrace.
The dress- to be replaced with a coffin-
Is an unwanted gift from my father.
Alas, customs don’t tolerate my naked wounds.
I will take the pain
For one day
It might be torn off my body.
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