clothes

Clothes...

Smooth comfy challis,

Dress above my knees.

Hair flying over my face,

With a cool summer breeze.

Clothes…

What could be so wrong?

What could be the ambition?

If I was happy all along!

If I had no mission!

Clothes…

They say its religion

That should be followed.

Making me a caged pigeon,

That was trained only to be swallowed.

Clothes…

They say its culture,

That decides my behavior.  

Than what for is the nature,

When really you feel as a failure?

Clothes...

The way I were them,

Goes against my culture.

The way I fit my body in them,

Goes against my religion.

The way I walk with them.

In order to represent my culture

I should be selected as the worst specimen!

Clothes…

They say a dress

Is not enough  

To cover my body;

To cover me

I hear tell.

I cover my legs 

With skinny jeans.

I cover my hands 

With small long sleeved top.

And I cover my head 

With scarf.

And I still stand out in an Islamic Bengali festival 

Clothes…

I go to school,

And there I am 

Representing my culture, 

My religion, and my identity.

Am I doing it right?

Do I represent my culture bright?

Or do I showcase my religion - light?

Clothes…

Definition of my culture,

Existence of my fantasy.

Denial of my reality,

Identity of my nature.