With great religious fervour and flavour,
a harmonious alliance was solemnised;
When a fairer groom was talk of the town,
and alien gazes watched a coloured bride.
A man from the rank and file got a wife,
who was a rich man’s heiress by surprise;
Once a practicing doctor, but later
her dark tone made her a prole’s bride.
Why do we’ve such deals in our society,
where status is linked with one’s complexion?
Where a fairer sex is no more fairer,
when her soul is wrapped in colouration?
Sadly, complexion is related to gloom?
‘Our dusky beauty was failed by mental cripples.’
Can’t we respect disparity and dissimilarity?
Pray, O Adam’s children! Shun notions filthy little?
Why does complexion bothers us, so much?
When it’s a game of chance everywhere?
How come pigmentation affects one’s soul,
when a soul is exalted by one’s dealings fair?
Let’s remember the words of a messenger (PBUH),
“White people have no superiority over black people,
nor black people have any superiority over whites,
they’ll be reckoned except by piety and self-denial.”
Copyrights © February 2018 DrNikhat Bano All rights reserved.
An apposite and insightful piece for our contemporary society everywhere.
Yes, Loius Kasatkin, I have witnessed this anomaly around me.
IT IS HOW SOCIETY JUDGES RACES…BUT WHEN WE DIE… WE HAVE THE SAME SKELETON AND SKULLS AND ALL THAT WAS THERE TO COMPARE REMAINS ASHES TO THE GROUND FOREWVER…
Absolutely true, in fact, death is a great leveler. Thanks for your comment.
Very sad reality in our society
Truly said. It’s heart wrenching to see discrimination done on the basis of skin colours, when we know that such disparities are wilfully done by the God almighty to test our faith.
A meaningful poem addressing the societal problem that has built unnecessary and innumerable walls in the human world.
Absolutely Parneet Jaggi, it has become a common issue that often goes unnoticed. We’ve adopted this societal blot as a way of life. Really sad!