I Am Feminism Poem by Santhi Janardanan

I am a part of her and will be forever.
When she was a child, in the warmth of love, and in joy, she never knew me.
She noticed my presence when she was considered a burden by her own parents while her sibling brother was not.
She let me grow inside her as a small bud realising my significance.
She realised that its time to nurture me when she was bullied by a boy who emerged as one due to his terrible upbringing.
When patriarchy locked her, in captivity and behind the veil, her eyes yearned for freedom.
When abused and brutally raped by bad men, she realised the gravity of the need to establish me.
She resolved to embrace me when the society accused her of being the reason for she being raped.
I inspired her to stand up against evetease and abuse which she constantly endeavours.
She voted for me when the unfair society ignored her sufferrings.
When the egoists tore her to pieces for promoting me, she was shattered.
She was negatively labeled and made to feel shameful just because she supported me.
They never knew that I am a part of her and cannot be plucked off from her.
She never wanted me to grow more than her life but she did allow me to, when she was tortured by her insecure, narcissist partner.

I emerged powerful when they attacked her for reporting the abuses she endured.
She revolted by accompanying me, when she got no recognition or equal pay as her male coworkers, in her job, though she excelled in it.
They feared me and told her that I have come to destroy her.
They even betrayed her by spreading gossip that I was created and funded by some organization for economic and political reasons.
But she knows the truth that I had remained inside her as a tiny spark always to protect her whenever she suffered.

Do let me live whith her as a force that uplifts and empowers her.
She will continue to fight along with me until she is treated fairly and respectfully.
When the people around treat her with love, care and respect, she shines triumpahantly.
She is a mother, an abode of love, care, empathy, compassion, bravery and resilence.
She has proved that and is still continuing.
So treat her well. She deserves that!
She deserves to take me along.

I am Feminism!