she is scarred so deep inside
yet she chooses to remain beautiful
the gloom of darkness engulfs her
yet she dons a mask of brightness
the stab of humiliation slices her
yet she attempts to bandage her wounds
in her solitary moments
she keeps wondering
if her life is worth living
and the war she is waging, worth the struggle
she is a pearl locked in an oyster
but unless someone digs it out
its lustre will be lost to the world
and shall perish in the caverns of the sea
trapped and enslaved……
will she break the shell herself and come out?
from slushy swamps,
will she walk to gilded palaces?
from a pawn on the chessboard,
will she ever rise as the reigning queen?
indeed she is beautiful n’ divine
her worth is beyond measure
don’t take her to be a tiny bug
to be swatted at and done away with!
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