The Hijras Cup of Sorrow

The Hijras Cup of Sorrow, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

man made
sculpted silently
woven sorrow
on a loom
boxed in airtight
vacuum
a feminine ferocity
musky man woman
like perfume
a bride for the
reluctant bridegroom
the hijra on a path
of androgynous
animosity and doom
searching
for the elusive
mothers womb
her trans gender
tragedy a painful
heirloom
buried standing
in her tomb
only a handful
of tears
when she
is exhumed