"history" by Pranavaa

Sometimes I wonder about the course of history

If women were allowed to express 

As much as their counterpart.

If women were given the same rights;

And if women were allowed to  e m p o w e r. 

I wonder about the hundreds and thousands 

of words that wanted to be spoken

but never heard.

I wonder about the unwritten poems, 

the stories that were never published, 

the legends that could've been talked of till day,

If only.

I wonder about the revolutions that 

never saw light of day.

The ones that were born in a rebellious mind

And died a few seconds later

Because 'what are the chances?'

The ones that could've been discussed vigorously 

in coffee shops, in parlors, 

in schools, in colleges, in books. 

The ones that make me wonder 

how big my history book would be,

If only.