A Hem Dragging through the Dust
they are completely silent,
their hems drag in the dust
of streets lined with Taliban fighters
which they dimly see through
the screen of their burkas
a young boy is at their side
escorting them as required
by law, a law that ensures
complete suffocation of spirit,
complete subjugation, complete
servitude to the male
this silence is heard around
the world by other women,
we wish freedom for them.
I just finished reading The Bookseller of Kabul
and am horrified by the terrible repression of
women by the Taliban.
they are completely silent,
their hems drag in the dust
of streets lined with Taliban fighters
which they dimly see through
the screen of their burkas
a young boy is at their side
escorting them as required
by law, a law that ensures
complete suffocation of spirit,
complete subjugation, complete
servitude to the male
this silence is heard around
the world by other women,
we wish freedom for them.
I just finished reading The Bookseller of Kabul
and am horrified by the terrible repression of
women by the Taliban.
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