Daughter of a Thousand Mothers
Daughter of a Thousand Mothers
Leena Doley
The world will rage and heave and thrash
But within you my child
Is the blood and pain of a
Thousand mothers
And the struggle of lifetimes
Shielding you strong,
Invincible
For defeat can come
Only from within.
Beauty lies not in your body
But in your soul
Let not anyone tell you otherwise.
The innocence of sunrise
Will remain forever
Inside you
As long as the world rotates round the sun.
Time may tear
At that skin you wear
But within you lies
The strength of the souls of a thousand mothers
That you are a daughter to.
Leena Doley is a police officer and a mother of two. She is also a voracious reader, movie buff, feminist, dabbler in new experiences and a dreamer imagining a world which is equal and humane.
