Bidai thoughts

I don't think we cry

That you're leaving to 

Start a new life of your choice

I think we cry

for the we 

That we were

And that no one cared that

We were people first

And daughters 

raised in love

With aspirations 

and dreams in 

our beating hearts

We cry that this fate 

should not 

befall our daughters 

And we hope that 

You never know this pain

Of being less than

And being  dismissed

And labelled

taunted and shunned

I've never asked women

Why they cry at weddings

Maybe I will someday

When I examine 

my own unshed tears

And find some answers

(c) 2014