The Dark World of the Hijras

The Dark World of the Hijras, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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the lamp lies broken
that could light their way
for going against
the gender gifted by god
to fucked society
a price they pay
bodies made of flesh
feet made of clay
once they were nubile
now gone old and gray
in misery in a dark
world of hijras they stay
older than man
their ancestry
yesterday tomorrow today
colored lips pouted pain
they display
the hijra a doomed
beginning
choked on
the river bend
on the way

rest in peace says this poet
for your eternal androgynous
soul i solemnly pray
oh hijra like fair daffodils
bloom and than die away