A word, a hymn, a whispered curse,
"Harami" entangles before my birth.
No fault of mine, this shadowed name,
Yet I'm the one bearing all the shame.
Born of desire's fleeting flame,
Of secrets kept, of hidden blames.
Born in the dawn , with stifled vagitus,
They silenced tears I still hold close.
Naked I moved, averting people's glare,
"Harami", they hissed, raising social pillar.
My culpable parents roam free,
flaunting Pride and draped in honour
While I'm cast as sin,
an epitome of lust.
Call me not 'bastard',
but a child,
With dreams ambling,
Entangling to conquer.
The guilt is theirs. The shame is theirs.
The story is mine- to fly high above sky.
Oct 16, 2025
Oct 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM UTC
A word, a hymn, a whispered curse,
"Harami" entangles before my birth.
No fault of mine, this shadowed name,
Yet I'm the one bearing all the shame.
Born of desire's fleeting flame,
Of secrets kept, of hidden blames.
Born in the dawn , with stifled vagitus,
They silenced tears I still hold close.
Naked I moved, averting people's glare,
"Harami", they hissed, raising social pillar.
My culpable parents roam free,
flaunting Pride and draped in honour
While I'm cast as sin,
an epitome of lust.
Call me not 'bastard',
but a child,
With dreams ambling,
Entangling to conquer.
The guilt is theirs. The shame is theirs.
The story is mine- to fly high above sky.
Give it a read..... The poem speaks of the voiceless illegitimate ones who are always culpable for no reason..... A societal curse that hinders on them not because of their appearance but of their parents' deeds.... The poem speaks on behalf of them certainly because they are caged, incarcerated by societal norms and curse.... The word 'Harami' might be a slang for many of us yet this word burdens weight for those who face it regularly.....