The Bound
I'm that woman you chained
The ignorance in whose words
The impertinence in whose looks
The joy in whose laughs
Contaminate this world.
The woman who made you laugh,
The one who stood
by your side when you were broke,
The one who gave wings to your dreams.
But, today I am a prisoner
In the dark of my own place.
How could I know what's wrong with my words?
They pestered you always, unlike the past.
Now, like these cruel times,
You too have changed.
But, today I'm chained-
For it was only I who did not change-
In my own place
By my own people.
Rameez Ban P M, Assistant Professor of English, Al Shifa College of Arts and Science, Kizhattoor, Perinthalmanna
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