A Heavy Cross of Pain

A Heavy Cross of Pain, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

fiercely her
life he guards
a girl child
a social discard
vulnerable
time hits
her hard
blows that
she has to ward
as a mother
as a sister
as a wife
death her
only just reward
in the womb
where she
was scarred
burnt alive
as she was
charred
society
sends her
a get well card

woman
a disposable
commodity
says the
placard