Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Dreams of my own


 My sister. My clever sister.

The smartest in the school.

Perhaps in the whole mandal.


Everyone’s hopes are on her

She is the one who will study

She will do the family proud.


Nobody even notices me.

The tiny bougainvillea flower

Eclipsed by my magenta sister.


She has to succeed.

I have to make sure she does;

I am expendable.


When the well dries

I drop out of school 

To fetch water. She studies.


She will achieve success

The family will prosper.

They will no longer be poor.


But what of me?

Am I not allowed 

Dreams of my own?



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