I�m a Flower | A Poem by Rayees Ganie

I�m a flower
My name is Rose (Zainab)
You know I just blossomed in the sparkling silver garden
Of my Pak land,
I�m blinded, I�m raped,
I�m killed
Butchered till my innocence is lost
Butchered till I forget my nursery rhyme�.
I�m a flower
I was inside the bud
Without fear and agony
Singing my own songs to myself
Waiting to open and see the world
Dancing in the wind a swaying my head
Suddenly!
Suddenly the hurricane pushed me down
Suddenly the harsh wind started blowing
Without knowing where I�m going
I was running away from me
Away from my mother,
Away from my father
Away from my home,
Away from my village�.

My secret prayers got highjacked
the dark black hand plucked me from the tree
And opened my petals one by one
Chewed me, killed me,
Raped me, crushed me�.
In the morning I was thrown into the gutter
I am a flower,
My voice is being suppressed
My body is being mutilated
My innocent blood pure and glistening,
flowed slowly like a stream trickling�.
trickling into your mind,
trickling in your bedroom,
flowing like a wild stream
filling your mansion
I�m a flower
I�m Standing here�.
Standing alone with my unresolved death
inside the stench of my dried blood�.
I�m a flower
I�m Rose �Zainab�.