by

Sakina Lamuwala

Class XA

A man said one day

Women are safe in the country now

But pocket guns and pepper sprays 

Told a different story.

We live in a society that teaches women

To be safe

Instead of teaching men NOT TO HARASS

I will never understand

Why it is more shameful

To be exploited than to exploit.

No mercy for the rapist

They’re not less than terrorists

The only punishment for them 

Is to be hanged till death.