Author: Reena Saxena

For today’s Ragtag Daily Prompt, Martha Kennedy has given us the word: Timorous as our poetic inspiration for today. I’ll be combining this prompt with the latest: Reena’s Xploration Challenge asking us to #EmbraceEquity

A TIMOROUS TYPE OF EQUITY

“No, I don’t just want equality”
Rachel blurted out suddenly
Stopping her boss Tim in his tracks.
“What did you say?”
Tim snapped in return.
Annoyed at the temerity of her interuption
“I. I. I. Eh…”
He strode angrily towards her.
And asked her again.
“Well?! What did you just say Miss O’Brien?”
I said….
Her voice now trembling & timorous
“We… don’t… We don’t just want equality,
We want equity!”
“What?!”
He retorted!
“Not just equal opportunities for job progression
But the resources & the training to back it up!”
Her voice in full flow now & growing in confidence.
“I mean, there’s no point in saying we’re all…

I ask for no special place,

I ask for no special status,

I ask for no special concessions,

Acknowledge what is mine, as mine,

It isn’t in your power to give,

It isn’t in my nature to plead,

I wasn’t meant to serve you,

You weren’t meant to boss me,

I ask not for your share,

I’m not ready to forsake mine,

We were meant to live in harmony,

Under the same canvas, we were meant to thrive.

Look around you,

Nature celebrates her female tribe,

Be it a peacock’s search for his bride,

Or a mammoth’s matriarchal pride,

Be it a koel’s call for his mate,

Or a serpent ‘s dream date,

Look around.

Acknowledge my space to live,

You are here, so I am,

You are here, because I am,

Weaker sex was coined by humans like you and me,

Nay, don’t be intimidated by…

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/03/10/i-am-confused-ich-bin-verwirrt-reenasxploration/

I am confused is a good way to describe how I feel about you

You dance with no need for shoes, exist in a state of okay-ness that is beyond my comprehension, I have no idea what size shoe would fit the foot of a goddess, because a goddess needs no shoes, you are beyond the idea of shoe, having soles fit for walking through life without need for them. I wish to give you shoes but your mysterious feet are beyond my comprehension, and need nothing from the tragic form of a man so below you. I wish for you a world where your glorious feet radiating beauty are recognized as the shoes and feet men lack, but for now I imagine slippers made of stones that cover your feet, caressing them with the kisses of your star dust existence, I am sorry, sweet angels, you deserve so…

It happens to be the theme for International Women’s Day 2023. The idea is to not just stop at equality. The images will clarify the idea.

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Women aren’t equal to men in life

They are superior to them in many aspects

But when you look at the rights given to them

In this society of ours, they are lagging behind

So now we women don’t just want equality we demand equity too!

Now we demand to be treated fairly and given equal opportunities

Just like any other member of the society

We shouldn’t be handicapped from the start of the race

By tying weight of our womanhood around our ankles

By loading the dice against us because of our XX- chromosomes

We do more but receive less both in acknowledgment and money

Always remember, without women the society cannot exist

For we are the mothers that birth the sons…