Happy New Year

Born in this world after years of prayers

Nurtured with care and values of goodness

I was the daughter, you deeply loved

I was the sister, your trusted ally over the years

I was the friend, who made you laugh

I was the lover, you just couldn’t live without

I was the woman, the world would have been proud of

But the end came much before my time

Cut short by the atrocities of the criminal minds

Raped and abandoned, my cries went unheard

I fought really hard to survive

My body was violated yet my spirits rang high

I lost the battle yet I won

I forced you to raise one united voice against these crimes

I made you sit and agitate for a cause

And as you put me to rest, here’s what I pray


Hope that the world gets safer in this New Year and the years that goes by...