Bleeding Wounds of the Hijda
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at every junction of her life
back stabbed betrayed
travesty of genetic misfortune
the hijda a meaningless masquerade
to be a woman she prayed
but the soul of man
dues unpaid
tears cascade
her soul at the tip
of a knife blade
her body man made
feminine hopes decayed
transgendered tragedy
duly conveyed
sold as a child
in a hijda slave trade
castrated a pain
of her comeliness
he -she could not evade
her flesh fresh honey
they all came took
turns to raid
now when she looks up to heaven
beneath the jagged jigsaw blade
and the light
gone out of the lampshade
just darkness no relief
hope delayed
