<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=469264" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why do you take hold of my<br>my voice and the pen? <br>Your force holds me back, <br>and fills me with pain.<br>Why don't you measure <br>the depth of a poet's mind? <br>Your power can't put me back, <br>I ain't ready to stay behind.<br>I'm a woman, so I can't have<br>any wit or intelligence! <br>Can I be bought by anyone <br>with penny or pence? <br>I have the wish, the<br>desire to flow as stream, <br>to touch the pinnacle<br>of the high altitude, <br>I have built a dream--<br>Do not shatter it, <br>do not make it fall.<br>Let me play the flute not<br>for you only but for all!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Nilakshi+Das">Nilakshi Das</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=469264" data-title="Why? de Nilakshi Das" data-description="Why do you take hold of my my voice and the pen? Your force holds me back, and fills me with pain. Why don't you measure the depth of a poet's mind? Your power can't put me back, I ain't ready to stay behind. I'm a woman, so I can't have any ..."></div> </div> </div>

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