Let us Fly. We can Soar!
by guest writer Hila Afghan
I know they weren’t happy about your birth. Your family was saddened by your arrival. They considered you weak and didn’t love you the way they would love a boy. Instead of celebrating, they spent several days in sorrow.
Don’t be upset!
You are the great secret behind the progress of this world. The purity of love has melted the hearts of many cruel and stone-hearted people. Have you looked in the mirror? Poets see your face in the moon, thousands of verses are inspired by the kindness of your image. Loveliness and happiness are wrapped in the beauty of your existence. Without you, oh, how ugly this world would be! Like a rock, like dry wood …
My beautiful girl, why are you sad?
Despite all your talent, you have endured so much pain. These beautiful eyes have shed countless precious tears. You have been left alone to travel on the path of progress, forbidden from moving forward. They have left you alone in dark rooms with shattered hopes, chaining your wings with black shackles.
Listen, oh strong girl!
You are not weak! You should never be disheartened. Leave behind the deprivations, the insults of words, and continue your fight.
They cannot tell your strength and power. They may shake your dreams, but they can never erase them. They may confine you within the four walls of a house, but they cannot steal your free thoughts – those thoughts that enable you to soar so high that ignorant eyes cannot see you.
Listen, oh brave girl!
Let go of your sadness. You can do it! Now, they might have the power to bring you down but they can never stop you from rising again.
Break the chains of this society. Emerge from the darkness of ignorance, spread your wings and soar … soar … soar so high that no dark, clawed hands can reach your pure white wings!
Girls, let us fly together!
If we join as one, no matter how strong, the chains can be shattered and swept away by the force of our collective flight.