Woman Poem by Saroj Padhi

Woman

You are almost me
in your body, mind and spirit
though today you speak of your female body
with affectation
and sometimes soaked in poison
no wonder that such words
are at times not in equilibrium
i m almost you
in my body, mind and spirit
though I have spoken too much of my male body
in the corpus of law, language and religion
no wonder such words now sink into oblivion
it is time
i and you became the one we
to shine like stars
of a clear blue sky
defining each in the other
in every weather
all that we need is
to understand that though our roots
that sprung from the soil same
may not be exactly the same

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but we are to spread out
into body of the sky
not as body but as breath
not as spirits but simple faith
not as man or woman
but simply human.