Too Many Dreams!

"And those cold winds, passing by, touched my face gently... 

I feel so relaxed in this dark and cold night... Wandering around the city... 

I feel the freedom I have... 

I feel the safety I possess… 

I feel this silence between the woods... 

I can see these trees passing by the roads as I move…

I can feel the wind blowing around... 

I can sense the beauty of darkness alone… 

I can observe the stars twinkling. The white beautiful moon moving along with me...  

I can hear those melodies of nature... 

I am wandering alone at night on these roads in the city... But actually I am not alone... I have this darkness with me... I have this silence speaking though... I have the nature accompanying me... 

And now... 

Now I don't fear anything... 

I don't fear walking alone on these lonely streets... 

I don't fear spending hours alone at the silent beach... 

I don't fear those evil eyes which used to stare at me as if I came from a different planet around... 

I don't fear those cruel hands which used to move towards me in order to steal my freedom... 

I don't fear staying out of the house so late at night...

The beauty of this night feels like a journey to the heaven... "

She was so happy that she didn't had to think about her safety... 

That she was able to enjoy her life to the fullest...

It was like a dream come true... 

But somewhere in her mind she was thinking...  

That has the society really changed? 

Has people have become so matured?

Are we girls being given the freedom we deserve?...

Somewhere she wasn't able to believe all that she was facing...

She enjoying a way too much yet there was something which was bothering her... 

And as soon as she began trying to find the answers to her questions 

Something startled her.... “Honey, its 8 o'clock in the morning, get up soon... “. She heard a voice... 

And she realized that it was again just a dream... 

A dream which is left unfulfilled for many girls of the society... 

A dream which seems impossible... 

This is quite general in the society where we live now... 

We live in a society where girls are being made to believe that their dreams can't come true...

Just because those people haunt our freedom we are not able to make our dreams come true... 

Each girl of this society has too many dreams...

Those beautiful dreams which would bring brightness in the society... 

Those amazing dreams which will light up the paths of many... 

Those wild dreams which would spread happiness everywhere... 

But the saddest part is that... 

Our society wants happiness... 

But not by making these dreams true...

Yes... 

We all are quite aware of the crimes, tortures and harassment done to the females of our society... 

I think i don't need to describe them... We are well aware of that... 

We say that our society is developed... 

But has it really?

Are we really living in a country which has got its freedom too many years back? 

What I want to say is that we aren't still free... The true freedom of our country lies in the freedom of our daughters, mothers, friends, and all the females of our society... 

We aren't still developed... The true development of our society lies in the development of our thinking... 

Today the whole world is fighting for us... The whole world is lighting candles in favor of women empowerment and women safety... 

But no one can understand that we don't need all that... 

All we need is just freedom... 

Freedom of thoughts... 

Freedom of movement... 

Freedom of safety... 

Freedom to live... 

All we want is to live... Live freely... 

We want to live this life without this society judging us... 

We want to live without anyone commenting on us... 

All we want is to live... That’s it...!! 

And my question to you all is that why is our society a place where every girl is forced to say that, "I wish I was a boy!!" Believe me... Each and every girl at some point of her life says this... She imagines her life as a boy... She imagines her life free of restrictions... 

So why can't we make these imaginations true? 

Why can't we just let her live as she wants?  

Why can't we make all her dreams come true? 

Instead of limiting a girl's freedom... Why can't we limit a boy's vision? 

Alas! This is so saddening to say that we are a highly educated society... But still we can't answer these questions!! 

All we can do is just fight. Just shout... 

Just try!! Try!! And try!! 

But none of our efforts will work!! Ever! 

Today through this write-up... 

I just want to say... 

Don't try!! 

Just stop it...  

Just stop staring at those girls passing by... 

Just stop thinking of trapping them in cages called houses...

There are too many dreams trapped in these cages... 

Let them come true... 

Let them live....

Let them fly... Like a free bird... 

Let them shine... Like a bright star... 

Let them dream...!! 

-SRUSHTI SHAHU