DeMaNdInG INdEpEnDeNce !!

O sweet Independence, my Independence

Unfurl thy tri-color on my face, let me breathe air of justice and dignity

Let my dreamy eyes and stretched wings enjoy the grandeur of boundlessness

Where I am not told what to do and where every movement I make is not tracked

Countless brave hearts laid their lives, so we sing ‘head held high’ #schoolprayers

But standing on the 68^th Independence day, I still demand my freedom

Who defined that I love to flutter in the kitchen with pearls and riches

I want to flip my own pages and lay my own roads but Can I?

NO!!  Coz there are things to do and roads to travel that I shouldn't

I shouldn't coz there are some cowards lurking around that stalks their prey in their solitude

Some douche-bags who  would confine to their  lazy recliner with disdainful attitude

And shamelessly blame women for adoring risky cloths and high heels

For the rest hypocrite souls for whom wheels of time and zillion other stuffs will evade everything

But I will be the one to face atrocities in succession with my subdued voice

My vindictive heart clinging to the spell of valor will enter abyss of depression

Honestly, no more are ghosts, ghouls, thieves seem dangerous

True danger is so much more insidious

The beast residing in some of those masquerading as friendly spirits

I am not rebellious, just that I need my space to grow

No, do not judge me wrong !!

I am not scared to go out into the killing fields

Or move alone in this world of limiting stereotypes

But I want to question, why the culprits of this heinous crime live free

Who will answer for the little girl who turned into a martyr protecting her honor

For the hurricanes of fear, apprehensions we carry on our shoulders every time we walk alone

For all insecurities we face, for all downtrodden look on us

The betrayal faced by almost every girl, where each part of her body is discussed and debated on

I might have actually failed to capture the trauma that my sisters endure

But giving up in not in my blood, I will fight!! I will fight till it takes all of me

Coz I hope to breakfree to better this world

Coz the pursuit to happiness is to trust in Hope

Coz I believe that there will be a tomorrow with brighter dawn

So constrasting - yet so unique

It all started like a dream to dream on

My racing pulse petrified with the steep climb

But still my perpetual nomadic journey continued

I clambered past the bushes awaiting the visual treat

Rising above the slowly expanding horizon unveiling the untraceable peaks

The first  glance of this austere land from the top got me mesmerized

As if nature carried me in its cradle to show me the world I always wanted to see

Foggy white patches of cloud sparkling, lit up by the sun

Like high tides, dashing against the rock enticing to plunge into its eternity

The beauty with which the hill folds away, covered with mist like a spray

Covered with lush green idli tops interspersed by serpentine roads

Resembling a well laid carpet whose intricacies had been well crafted

I could feel the colours of harmony perfectly blended with peace

Such was my tryst with nature at trekking trip of Munnar

In next few days there I was, at a place crowded, scared

But surely there is a heaven within this scar, bestowing life

So youthful, strong, jovial; as if I had slipped into the flower power age of hippies

It beauty and grandeur dragged me into its reality distortion aura

I found my feet dancing to its tune, passing the gates of unconcerned

At midnight  there I was, drawing a blank with empty glass on the sand

I stood there with cold tide running under my feet

Musing gaze at the place where sea met the moon lit land

And reflecting upon my appetite for adventure and love of ease

The roller coaster bus ride to adventure of water sports

The beautifully laid calm river to the noisy crashing waves

The tranquility of nature to lively partying youth

The morning fresh air to inhaling hookah dreams

The hill side fresh black tea to vodka on sea beach

The first ray of Munnar sun to its last dive in at Goa

I lived every bit of it………..