Asked when she was a little child,

Behind the closed doors, what is there to hide?

Mother warned her of the devils in disguise.

The monsters were real, she knew,

When she was 10 and her innocent mind, for the first time, felt the sinful inappropriate touch.

And do you know who it was? 

It was her own uncle, but wasn't she too little to express her grudge?

 

Behind the closed doors, what is there to hide?

Behind the closed doors hides a little boy trying to shut his ears tightly,

So that he wouldn't have to bear the shrill screams of her mother getting beaten by her husband brutally,

But wasn't it her fault for not accepting patriarchy's slavery?

 

Behind the closed doors, what is there to hide?

Behind the closed doors, hides a beautiful soul whose face is now beyond recognition.

Can anyone ever measure the pain she went through?

The agonizing ache, the corrosive burns of acid that made her scream.

AHH! How many more sinister schemes?

But wasn't it her fault for hurting the grand male ego by not accepting someone's proposal?

Behind the closed doors, what is there to hide?

Behind the closed doors, burns the body of a newly-wed bride,

Her parents sent her to the new residence with teary and dreamy eyes, but now how will they feel hearing the news she died?

But wasn't it her parents’ fault for the dowry they denied?

 

Behind the closed doors, what is there to hide?

Behind the closed doors, a newly born baby's throat is being slit off and then thrown to the trash can.

Her mother has now no more tears left to cry and scream, 

The joy of being called 'mother' would now forever remain a dream,

But wasn’t it all her fault for giving birth to a ‘useless’ girl child?

 

Behind the closed doors, there are a million tales untold,

Behind the closed doors, a million scars remain forever unhealed,

Behind the closed doors, millions of silent screams unheard,

Behind the closed doors, only,

Truth bleeds, deception laughs, screams unheard.

Dreams tangled, emotions mangled, hopes strangled.

Oh, dear humans, 

Beyond the closed doors, why women power is celebrated with such pomp and show?

Cause don’t we all know what happens behind the closed doors? 

Hahaha! Only hypocrisy laughs beneath.

Picture Courtesy: Mati Mango