"Dress" by Pranavaa

Hi there! Today I'm sharing a poem that I wrote about Dress Code when it became a controversy I was facing in school. I remember feeling so trapped and confined when the dress code was introduced. I was determined to change the dress code and I ultimately did with the constant help of my peers. 

Now, I get to read this poem in satisfaction that we were able to create a change. 

"Dress" by Pranavaa

Why do we come up with rules

Of how one should dress

And how one shall not?

"It's to protect you," we say;

Then why do we teach them how to protect

Instead of teaching them how to behave?

If girls can wear pants 

Then why can't boys wear skirts?

I can see you projecting your insecurities onto them

As you talk behind their backs

As if it's a sin.

While you stay quiet,

Every time you tell us not to dress this way

Because it's too "distracting" or "offending;"

Know that our silence 

Is the scariest thing you can experience.

For we are plotting plans

A hundred miles an hour

Just so that one day, 

We can live in a world 

Where we can wear anything we wish.

Let people wear what they want

And start educating everyone around you,

Because revolutions don't start on their own

And this world won't change, 

Unless you do.

And while you try and censor

This raw form of expression;

I hope that one day

This unedited piece of art 

Sees the light of day.