Are we humane?

 I am tired

Tired of the word Patriarchy 

Tired of the word rape

Tired of how normalised it has become

Tired of the insanity of this world

Tired of hearing our capital city look like a cuss word

Tired of hearing the same crap again and again

How she showed too much skin, how she stayed out late too far

How she begged for it, and how she liked it

I don’t write this to ask every rapist

That what was her mistake

I don’t write this to ask every human who even thinks of doing this to their kind

That what was her mistake

I write this to every human

Asking you.

How could you be so inhumane?

She holds you within her for 9 months

Nurtures you there and nurtures you here

She may not demand that respect, because she deserves it

But if the animal within you has not learnt to treat a women right yet

I am sorry dear

We will demand it. 

And you certainly don’t deserve to live.

I am unaware of how many rapes take place a day

Within or outside homes

In broad daylight or under the moonlight

Whether it was a stripped saree or a short crop top

Whether she asked for it, or died asking you to stop it.

I am unaware

But my heart aches 

For every human who’s  been through this.

To everyone who reads this and so many like this

Look in the mirror and ask yourself

Am I humane?