Walking with the Patriarchy

Poetry

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They turned their back,
Blinded hearts.
Forgive,
A woman forgotten,
marginalised in her symptom.

My brother is missing,

stuck in toxic masculinity’s blame.
Victim of a nation walking on the side

of a patriarchal tradition.

Strong woman they proclaim,
sacrificed, grandmother’s name.

Victimhood isn’t granted,
Honesty’s pain, heavily planted.

For a child’s good and grace,
She hid every crime’s trace,
The man’s role embraced,
While growing in silence’s space,
seeking for help seems a disgrace.

Love and hate for a town
unable to fix its failing culture.

Biases,

Blinding people’s eyes

while walking on the side of a patriarchal state.