Page 15 - October 2020

I am a woman

I am a woman with flesh and blood Aasia
not made for your extreme lust
I have emotions, I have dreams Majeed
O would it be that you don't forget
that I am also a human just as you
If only my purpose in life
if only my role in the society
had you realised!
Desires of thirsty eyes
Parched due to the tears of blood
O would it be that you don't forget
Much do I suffer, I am a woman
a human, just as you
A graveyard this world would be
without me, do not crush me to death
Walking skeletons you would be
Quest for my soul, so pure
Why, o why you ignore!

Let us both live and love
try to win my heart, my core
that is my real grace
would it be that you are
Virtuous and sincere
since I am a woman
with flesh and blood

Aasia Majeed from Pakistan wrote child motivational stories and Urdu articles in a very
young age. Now, she writes poems also in both languages Urdu and English. Through her
writings, she always tries to reflect social issues specially related to women. She received a
silver award from an international writer’s forum- Motivational Strips