The Hijra Hides Her Face

The Hijra Hides Her Face, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

on the fringes
of hijra hating
society she stays
in the hearts
of biased humanity
she has lost her place
religious leaders
homophobic hound her
her karmic destiny
of a hijra they want
to displace
misplaced religiosity
terrorizing her soul
always
robbing her basic life
to live a hijra
in dignity and grace
her soul whipped
her body flayed
a hijra that god
through man remade
an exotic fruit
in the garden of androgyny
that Satan forbade
satanic minds
with their satanic spirituality
her kingdom raid
caught in a spectral darkness
between light and shade