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Why do you Hide?

Utukkapattavarin Kural
Wordsmith Library
2 min readOct 17, 2020

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The image is taken from the author’s photo collection

Hide, hide, why are you hiding behind the curtains
Come forward don’t drench yourself upon the trenches
Come out face the world, get hold of yourself
Choose to hide what you need but come out of your greed

Life and tide might be heavy on you, closet your desires
But please don’t hide your identity
Call out, rebel against the authority
That punishes for your liability

Hide, hide, don’t hide behind the curtains
Hide behind the bushes to strike back
When they expect you the slightest
Take a step back to jump with might

Be bold but be patient for your time
Come what may don’t forget your pay
To the time that you were forced to hide
Pain and grief like a giant tide of haze

Hide, hide, don’t forget your tide
The tide of the mighty form and talent
That you were bestowed upon
No human is worthless as they tell you

Hide behind the lurch, Call upon the crutches
Save yourself from the mighty blows
Dodge to counter-attack from bottom to up
Like the boxer in a ring match

Hide, hide, don’t forget your ride
The ride to the ghettoes of despair
The imminent reality of life
Be patient don’t lose hope

Women get your act straight
You are not the slaves of Patriarchy
Stop being their puppets
Get hold of your might that is above all height

Men get your act together
You are not entitled by patriarchy
Neither are you anybody’s trumpet
Get hold of your might that is above all height

Queerness is uniqueness, freedom from restriction
Celebration of identity, raise your voice against authority
Throw your weight behind the cause of light
Get hold of your might that is above all height

Hide behind the bushes, Hide not behind the curtains
Use the weapon of stealth, make them underestimate your wealth
Strike them at their pride and make a beautiful fountain
Hope for your dreams with the might of tiger stealth

Hide, hide not behind the darkness
That pretends to be light, hypocritic gentleness
For once do not fear to be the fish
That swims against the current leash

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