Recognition to fellow women

Society where I come from doesn’t recognize women as equal to men.
The birth and success of women isn’t celebrated everywhere.
Women suffer, women suffocate and women die.
Yes I do know that every picture has two aspects.
You can’t reply on one only.

The day I decided to leave my country, no one backed me up.
NO ONE.
The day I got my acceptance letter from the university,
nobody was happy, including my parents.

No one encouraged me when I needed that the most.
No one stood by me when I needed someone the most.
Looked around, found no one.
Looked at myself, got all answers.

What kept me going, me.
They thought of me as an escapist
who couldn’t bear the failure
of not getting a good job in Pakistan. (Yes I got rejected many times.)

But I didn’t give up.
Write down my words, never give up.
I didn’t know that something better was coming.
And it finally came.
I learned the art of living.
To all those women who think they can’t achieve their goals,
they are wrong.
To all those women who are living under society pressure,
break those shackles.
To all those women who have lost hope after marriage,
find your inner strength and utilize it.
To all those women dealing with depression, negativity and anxiety,
come out of it as there is hope and this too shall pass.
To all those women who have lost faith,
have faith in yourself.
To all those women dependent on others,
recognize your talent and be independent.
To all those amazing wonderful and incredibly talented women,
you’re more worthy than you think.
All of you are your HERO.
All you women, you look at me, I stumbled, fell down, betrayed and shamed,
I’m still breathing, standing with confidence.
Did they get succeed in putting me down?
Yes they did try.
But I defeated them.
The best reply was to not give up.
And it is quite OKAY to cry,
its normal but don’t underestimate yourself.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Don’t stress yourself.
For heaven’s sake, don’t lose hope nor be sad.
What is gone, is gone.