I wish to say…
My dear father, brother, mother, husband, friend or lover
I don’t want bags , shoes, flowers or clothes as gift
I can buy them , I too do my eight hour shift
What I want from you is my dear husband,

The right to say no when I want to

What I want from you my dear father
The right to marry someone whom I want to
What I want from you my brother
The right to live my dreams the way you do
What I want from you my boy class mate
The right to walk , talk fearlessly on the road the way you do
What I want from you my male colleague
To be given the same opportunities and fulfil my ambitions as you do

What I want from you my mother
The right to be treated and loved same as my brother
You see me only as
the loving daughter
the doting mother
the passionate beloved
the understanding wife
But most important of all
I am the woman first of all
Who too, is a creation of God like you
And has the right to live her life too.