In spite of living in a world which speaks about woman empowerment, gender equallity, equal opportunity etc, there still remains a little corner of the world which reflects the dark, unnoticed fate of women, whose lives are inevitably influenced by those around them. Here is a small reflection into such a woman’s world, drawing parallel with literary punctuations and symbols.
A Symbolised life
Comma (,) – Was what that was put on her when they realised that she too was a girl.
Brackets ( [ ] )- Were always used to enclose her within mind numbing rituals.
Asterisk (*) – Was on her mind (only) when she abused those bastards, before shedding those indiscernible tears.
Positivity (+) – A state of mind she perpetually faked.
Dollars ($) – A distant dream which never became hers.
Question mark (?) – An intimidating gift from the society.
Exclamation mark (!) – When she felt his sweat down her neck for the first time.
Semi colon (;) – A mature woman she gave birth to, from within.
Oblique (/) – When she got to make her first (obvious) choice- life/pretending to live.
Full stop (.) – Was all that she could choose after sixty years of a symbolised life.
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