Sai Harshita’s poem explores the silent suffering of women, highlighting societal injustice and the unwavering spirit of those who rise above adversity, exclusively for Different Truths

She runs the world and hopes for the best
She deserves not this hurt
Extinguished by masculinity
Yet forgives and continues her work
 
She gets respect from none
Say she must do more
Forced to do ever so stressed
Stays without asking a question
 
She smiles and tries to hide it
she feels her heartburn
Please stop! she pleads in thought
This forced apartheid must die
 
Receives not a drop of pleasure
In all the chores she does
No road to pursue her dreams
They say at home, not out

She carries in her womb, a child
a Girl yet to live and learn
Cruel men find to kill
Her little life's not worth
 
Selfless tears she stays to shed
Told once gone, she's nothing
Daunted and taunted once he's left
Her life's begun to bend
 
The future woman, the female youth
Let them learn and soar to tomorrow
See them in every great walk of life
Let them advance and pass through no strife! 

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Sai Harshitha Mopuru

Sai Harshitha, a 13-year-old poet from Nelloe, Andhra Pradesh, India, finds joy in creative expression through poetry, painting, singing, and dancing. Her work has been featured in various anthologies and is the author of "Ink Out of My Pen," a collection of 50 poems. Her poems have been featured on PoetrySoup and ALSphere, showcasing her growing influence in the world of poetry.

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