Sister, “You are neither

a feather on the sea

nor a straw in the wind.

You are the alpha

and omega of everything.”

I am your brother,

but truly I say to you,

“Please, shed the myth

of the social illusions,

and don’t hold onto

the shadow

of those bygone years.”

Ignite a new light –

the light of emancipation.

Move forward. Go!

Tomorrow is all yours.

Free your faces of the veil;

Let the world see –

today’s women

shaping their own destiny.

Copyright 2010 Bhuwan Thapaliya