To breathe
To walk in the sun
To soak the soothing rays of the moon
To place my hand in another’s and gaze into his eyes
To wear my favourite fineries and dance on a table
To laugh unabashedly at a joke I read as I go home in the metro
To stop my car on the side so I can help an old man cross the road
To watch a movie on a Sunday night with my boyfriend and go back home
I need to brave.
I need to be brave?
To live the life I want?
To dance in abandon?
To be consumed by joy?
To be in love?
To have a soul unstained by cynicism?
To be?
I don’t want to be brave
July 18, 2013
Nupur Chaturvedi 
Comments on: "I don’t want to be brave" (3)
we all have questions, questions that have been part of us since we grew up… We all have to search for our own answers… My answer to me is that i am proud i am a woman, and in present context to be just born a woman is to be brave… Such is the society we are in and i am told that if u see civilization evolution these are the most peaceful times……
people have had to be brave at every point in history. i think we lead a fairly liberated life. which does not mean we should not speak against repression. but we should also be thankful for those who support us…..i agree, am fortunate to be born a woman, and proud!
I am proud too. And I am thankful for being born to those who support us. But this is not just about me.
I am just trying to understand if it is okay to accept the fact that there are some people for whom the simple joys of life require being brave. Of course, these are the times we live in. But the fact that we feel guilty when we feel bad about someone groping us, because there are several women out there who’ve met with fate far worse, it says something, don’t you think?