Sita Unashamed

My story is no tragedy.

I Am no victim.

I Am no suicide.

I cannot be shamed,

blamed or abused.

I cannot be abducted or rescued.

My Virginity cannot be raped.

My purity cannot be sullied.

My loveliness cannot be marred.

I Am Inviolate, self-renewing!

My bright symbols of change

cannot be stolen.

My life-serving cycles

cannot be controlled.

© Tamara Rasmussen 2018