Questions


Tavinder Kaur New


It's a barrage.

The constant asking, probing, wanting to know,

Do you have children?

Why don't you adopt?

The attacker feels stuck in the corner.

Why do you ask?

Why do you want to know?

It's a barrage.

The constant asking, probing, wanting to know,

Do you have children?

I say no.

They walk away with no empathy or care.

left me with the reminder that I try to forget,

But I feel society triggers me wherever I go,

With the questions and the need to feel the desire to know,

Do I have children?

Why can’t they leave me alone?

Why do they want to know?

What business is it of theirs?

With the questions and the need to feel the desire to know,

It is a barrage, just leave me alone.