Death Does Not Become Her

Death Does Not Become Her.
 I composed this poem after a spate of news regarding various suicides committed by women ( famous ones like Jiah Khan, Pratyusha and other girls etc) over love. The aim is to tell girls not to commit suicide over love with callous boys. To have self respect and the courage to walk away before it destroys their self respect. Here it goes :-

Three days ago , I saw you cry

For no reason, no matter why

Why should a happy girl be sad

Nothing in life is ever so bad

Friends and family,wondered aloud

Your sadness, did their happiness cloud

‘Cause happiness , much in season

Should not cause grief, without reason

Suddenly, A news flash on TV,

A suicide, we could not believe

The same girl, took her life

No anger, no seeming strife

A boy, for whom she killed herself ,

For unrequited  love, the heartless elf

For shattered dreams, loss of trust

One sided, blinded by lust

What drives one to such despair

Where no hope lives, no one cares

Death seems the only answer

To a bleak future spreading like cancer

Girls , Let me get started

Love is not for the faint hearted

Winning and losing, part of the game

Cheating just drives you insane

Sadness one feels is expressed

With tears and berating, at best

Never an option, Death’s adoption

Depriving someone else of your affection

Learn to face success and failure

With equanimity and composure

No boy is worth ever your  life

Never, never be seduced by a knife

Dont let boys or their  dearth

Rule your life, esteem and hearth

Your are a woman, your own identity

The mistress of your own destiny

Your worth is defined by you

Not boyfriends, husbands or brothers

Respect is what you deserve

Jettisoning those don’t to it adhere

Dear girls, enough said

Don’t love to end up dead

Use love to enrich your soul

Have the courage to be alone

The future is yours to behold

Death will come as foretold

Hold your head high, fight the world

You are a woman, your power unfurled.