WHY…?

They took her skin ,

her nails , her tusks,

but alas, it wasn’t enough

Then oh , they took her lovely ears,

but did they stop , never!

Then finally, they took her little one,

just like how we trample on a bud

never once got a chance to see

the ruthless race in the world outside,

just a glimpse of her mummy’s womb

A cracker they used and a pineapple,

that’s all it took for them to say,

that’s all it took for them to say ,

But alas

it wasn’t enough.

Arathi Sasidharan, IX-D.