In the four corners of tranquility,
I felt safe;
I was like a nomad,
Hidden in a cave.

My navel was attached to her,
Albeit, I hadn’t seen her face;
Perhaps I was her body part,
It was all like a maze.

God had said
“You will be the safest there
They will take very good care
My child, they’ll love you, I swear.”

I floated, I kicked
But it didn’t feel home;
Something was terribly wrong,
As if, there I didn’t belong.

My future seemed to be in shambles,
Where genders like me were unaccepted;
‘Cause I had heard the stories of the past,
Where ‘Girls’ like me were The Obscure,  The Prohibited .

Nine months passed and the day arrived,
I closed my eyes and I cried;
I oh so wanted to stay alive,
And see the world with my eyes.

As I opened my eyelids,
I saw her face;
Beautiful and serene,
“Ma” was here name.

The past might be true, I don’t argue;
But as ‘Father’ canoodled and hugged me tight,
The world had changed, I knew;
‘Girls’ were now a part, and that was the virtue.