A fear lurks
At the back of my mind
What if….
What if…. our prayers
crash against the stone-dead walls.
and come back unheard?
What then….
Another Nirbhaya?
Another outcry?
To wake up the corpse of
This system?
Let’s hope not….
Let’s hope……
They have felt our pain
They have felt her pain
in their heart..
Amen..
Narinder Jit Kaur is a retired Associate Professor from Patiala,who taught English Literature for 31 Years in various Government Colleges of Punjab. A writer and a translator, she has five books of translations, from Punjabi to English, to her credit Including Voices In The Back Courtyard(Rupa & Co.) -An Anthology Of Short-Stories By Punjabi Women Writers. She writes articles, poems and short-stories in English, Punjabi and Hindi. You can read more from her on narinderjit.com