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Bilboe

I checked again and again,

to see if I had bilboe.

But didn't find one.

Then it struck my head,

invisible,were the bilboe I wore;

which were seen as anklets by the world.

Even though shackles for the feet,

or used for prisoners on ships;

is what the dictionary told about the bilboe.

I too had it,

and most women have it.

Maybe the dictionary forgot,

to add us in the definition;

or is it because we were not suppose to be known even in that way?

I doubt .

Similar to asking a caged bird to fly,

is asking us to move with our legs chained.

Emotions, chains that lock us to home,

don't the men have the same emotions?

And what if the men also,

had invisible bilboe;

have you imagined that?

breaking the false ties of unnecessary emotions,

is the first step to success.

Free your hearts from the ties,

spread your wings to fly.

No bilboe is a barrier,

when you decide to be the warrior.

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