A stranger within me emerges unannounced threatens to engulf my whole being scatter me like ashes all over the landscape where was this spark hidden for a lifetime? unbeknownst to me keeping me bound In cages I did not choose underestimating a power which can change the world... Now that the mirror speaks the truth I will not break it but block external influence from clouding vision once again... Reena Saxena (c)2019

South and Central Asia

Stranger within Me

Girl Power

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