The Silence Beyond Eden
Treated as flowers,
they are plucked before their time,
their hidden nectar drained
by unseen hands—
age after age,
generation after generation.
They swallow their anguish,
their lips sealed against protest,
learning to survive
in the narrow dens
society has built for them.
Beyond the threshold of light,
they dwell in inherited darkness,
where even the bread of life
is divided unequally,
and duty becomes the chain
that binds their dreams.
Their talents lie buried,
their wings remain folded,
their footsteps restrained
by invisible walls.
Under the weight of domination,
they count their allotted days
beneath the same vast sky.
Yet something stirs
within their captive minds—
a restless wind,
a silent rebellion,
a longing to tear apart
the net that holds them captive.
The river does not wait
for permission to flow;
it carves its passage
through the stubborn earth.
So, too, feminism rises,
lifting its hood against injustice,
its voice demanding
what should never have been denied.
Still, the road stretches far,
and the horizon remains distant.
How many dawns must break
before every flower
can bloom in freedom?
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