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The women I know

 

Silhouette of a woman raising her foot against the sun. Photo by EYÜP BELEN
Image by EYÜP BELEN on Pexels; written by Meghna Majumdar


One who misses her mountains,
One whose new love is the sea,
One flirting with solitude,
One building her home of three


One protecting her own freedom,
One moulding many futures,
One who helps so many, while
Her own scars await sutures


One resting in hard-won victory,
One whose battles just won’t end,
One living in silver linings,
One wondering where the music went


One who’s charting new ambitions
One rekindling a love from before,
One I long failed to realise
Is not a little girl anymore.


Every single one of them,
A poem on her own.


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