Jyothy Sreedhar

Thunder

Thunder!

 

May it be a nuance

of the syllabic silence

in femaleness.

 

May it be the roaring

of the stars to my destiny,

breaking apart

the columns and rows

by what is known as

‘horoscope’-

the ultimate decision.

 

In this society that makes me ‘female’,

in this horoscope that makes me a drawing,

or in destiny that disowns me often-

where have my breaths hidden?

 

Do I exist,

apart from being

a burdened genre?

 

I doubt…

 

Again a thunder!