A poignant verse about fairness, dark skin, and true beauty by Farheen, in Different
Truths.

Played in the sun and tanned her face 
In happiness quotient, she bagged first place
No time for make-up and desire to look hot
With artificiality, for years she has fought 
No time to impress people of that specific class
She is happy being a village lass
She can’t fit into your repressive moulds, she knows
Her ‘darkness’ come to fore, in the darkness brightly she glows
So, your complexion creams and sham mud that you recommend 
Is neither her wish, want nor need – so she won’t bend
Make her believe at least for once
Dark complexion never stuns
Dark skin is a curse
Bet nobody can reverse
The adverts claim
With fair complexion, one reaches fame
Why some “whites” haven’t ever shone
We definitely would have known 
Care less about how fair people should be
This way it will be a big favour, her only plea
Make your life being worth cherishing for
Be positivity different; insensitivity – abhor
Stay away from bullying their confidence 
Train your brain and show some sense 
It’s not the skin complexion that matters 
Between the beauty and the heart, see the latter.

Picture design Anumita Roy

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Farheen Viquas

Farheen Viquas is a Senior Technical Editor/Writer working in Bangalore, India. She has worked as a Technical Writer/Editor, Mentor/Coach, Language Consultant, Information Tester, English Trainer, and Transcriber. When not at work, she loves to cook, read, write poetry and prose, listen to music, bake cakes, fish keeping, and embroider. She is also a stained-glass enthusiast.