She was just a woman!

She was unwanted, an accident

A burden to her home and to herself

She grew up deprived and dried up so fast

She was just a woman.

She wasn't even worth a slave to be bought

Rather they bribed someone to take her

Out of their lives to a man's ruthless hands

She was just a woman.

A car, jewels, money demanded

All to surrender for a place so little

She lost her things and lost her life

She was just a woman. 

She had to obey and keep herself quiet

Her hands had to cook for all people there

She had to serve and eat the leftover

She was just a woman.

She had to dust each inch so clean

Sweep and swab the whole floor so hard

She got no time to read the newspapers

She was just a woman.

Family's free maid, cook and cleaner

Her husband's game whenever he needed

She had no voice she had no rights

She was just a woman.

Off they sent her home for child birth

She was cursed for the girl child born

Anger mounted, they killed her baby

She was just a woman.

Her womb was used till boys were made

They called her 'this' or 'that', like others

She served her ungrateful sons too

She was just a woman.

Her hair grew grey, her skin shriveled

Her beauty gone and charm drained off

Dreams left her memories too

She was just a woman.

What else left, her grand kids to be brought up?

Sleepless nights and unending work?

Disrespect and humiliation from all?

She was just a woman.

Streets weren't safe, penniless was her state

There weren’t better places to go, than the hell she stayed

She wiped her brow, and her tearful eyes

She was just a woman.

Time to light lamps, start evening chores

She had to get up next day at dawn

She has no time to think of her plight

She was just a woman.