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Workshop # 11
Look Inside
 Don’t get so deceived
seeing me in chains,
Have been this way since centuries
there really is no pain..
I stand there bare n’ naked
for the whole world to see,
For I’m not really what I was
they’ve taken my soul from me..
I’m there for all passers-by
to openly touch and feel,
If it weren't for these helpless hands
my face too would have no shield..
Though I may not be Me as a whole
I’m there in all women,
A part of them too is tied
no matter how far they claim to have come..
They too are bound in chains
of expectations, promises and such,
Though they may’ve made freedom movements
looking at me, all that doesn’t seem much..
Their faces are covered too
in makeup or fake smiles,
To really taste freedom
we are all yet to go miles..
What lies beyond these chains
perhaps we do not wish to know,
For if we let go and see what we can’t have
the well of tears just might overflow..
– Bijal
Dwivedi
May 7, 2002
This entry is published
after the due date, hence it is not eligible for any prize.
Workshop # 11
Poetry
A Moment Withheld by Mahesh Jambunathan
An Unbearable Sight by Meenakshi Madhur
Conqueror by Christine M. McCabe
Earth's Cry by Nayan S. Mijar
Enigma of Grace by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
Face Value by Hillol Ray
From Womb To Tomb by Hillol Ray
He Stole Her by Priya S
I Feel Ashamed by Manish Hatwalne
Look Inside by Bijal Dwivedi
Oh My Beautiful Lady by Seema Banerjee
Pause by Anton Piskac
Satisfying Silence by Hillol Ray
Second Thoughts by Hillol Ray
Shame by Pavalamani Pragasam
She – The Indian Woman by Priya S
Simple Questions by Seema Banerjee
The Body is Clothe by Rati Saxena
The Dark Beauty in Chains by AJ Rao
The Grace of a Woman by Sonya Fuertes
True Colors by Seema Banerjee
Veiled Elegance by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
Weeping by Sushma Raman
What Do You See by Maria Reed-Shore
Who Am I? by Seema Banerjee
You Wait by Jaideep Mujumdar
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