Monday, September 4, 2017

Draupadi: Shame redefined

Shame is in mind
A political construct
Devised to consume
Devised to control
Brutality, torture, rape
My fear gives you power
My shame marks your victory
Unclothe me-you can
I alone reclothe self
Stand before this mangled body
As I howl my defiance
Your weapons too weak
To cut through
Your power shattered
When I shed shame
now fear your handicraft
Look on and shudder
Victim turns Victor. 

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