In the most beautiful ensemble of life
Under the canopy of flowers, walking the aisle
Along the lovely mom and dad,
With full hearts, tightly holding hands,
Dear lady,
Dearest women,
Sure, you are stepping in the wonderful chapter of your life,
Being married, to the love of your kind,
Starting the married life, in the social grind,
Building a family, a home together, the new relationships,
Happy tears with excitement are always welcome,
But not the sad eyes,
That are leaving the home for the new life,
Of leaving a family, where we grew up,
Of leaving an identity, that took years to build up,
Home is not to leave, its to always stay,
Be it yours or the partner’s,
The two homes are your roots,
For the tree of your family,
Leaving, crying or any sad feeling thats only for the girl,
In this world of enlightenment,
Thats totally not happening,
All the things responsibility, efforts,
Sacrificing, promising, compromising,
Ties from both sides, both partners,
Both the families,
For a wedlock to thrive,
So go girl,
Stay happy, stay strong, stay true to yourself,
Give lots of love, and take all the love too, with pride,
Go girl, stand for yourself and live a guilt free life,
And oh there,
Beware,
Dont let anyone dare,
Handover, takeover the rights of you,
Live for yourself, voice your thoughts, stay true,
You’re no object,
That one can give or take authority over,
You’re the girl power, the women warrior,
You are as equal as your partner,
In all relationships, be personal or social,
You are not moving,
From one home to any other ,
The fact is,
You and your partner,
Building a life, a future , a family,
Taking both the families together,
Their values, traditions and cultures,
Bringing in both the worlds together,
And wrapping the gift of equality for the next generation,
My heart struck with a question today,
When my cousins wedding vidai I witnessed,
A little cute girl ,
Who dreamt her life, seeing her mother, all her sisters and masis,
Being independent, working and living for themselves,
Had so many questions about the wedding,
We tried to answer them all, laughing,
Her eyes were full of sparkle,
All time, enjoyed every bit of all functions,
But when this time she saw the ritual,
Asked innocently why is she crying,
Why is everyone else crying,
No one had an answer,
How to explain such an unreasonable,
Age old tradition,
That makes no sense now in todays world,
The older generations silenced and suffered,
The current generation grew up liberals,
Are living their life but still ignored the hard stuff,
The next gen will surely question, and correct the wrongs,
Because they need the reasons, and the society needs to revolt and evolve!
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