Because I am A Girl.

Because I am a Girl

Because I am a girl,

abort me not,

rather save my life-

to be someone else’s:

mother, sister, aunt, and

grandmother;

to be a nation builder,

support other women like

me to build the world.

Because I am a girl,

give me equal chance

with my male counterpart,

education-deprive me NOT-

early marriage-commit me NOT-

into it.

Because I am a girl,

do not rape me,

turn me not to sex object,

prostitution never direct

my feet at.

Instead nurse and nurture me

for tomorrow’s job,

a better wife,

a wonderful mother, and

a builder of the nation.

Because I am a girl,

spare me of all cultural

barriers that may kill my

potentials,

rather challenge me

to keep building on

my ability.

Because I am a girl,

never see me as

someone else’s property,

but rather asset to the nation;

give me today’s best

that I may give you “rest”

tomorrow.

Because I am a girl,

do not write me off,

give me a gentle nudge and

a listening ear,

obedient mind without question

you will see in me always.

Because I am a girl,

raise me just like

my brothers,

I shall without fail

turn good and fulfill my

four-divinely-and-society-

created-role of: a daughter,

wife, mother and a builder.

World should know,

when girls do better-

world will be better;

humankind should remember,

these individuals were once girls:

Sirimavo Bandaranaike,

three-time prime minister of

Ceylon, now Sri Lanka,

Indira Gandhi, two-time

prime minister of India,

Golda Meir,

Israeli’s prime minister

at  a critical time,

Elisabeth Domitien.

Margaret Thatcher,

the iron lady, who redefined

United Kingdom and reshaped

Europe,

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo,

Dame Eugenia Charles,

Gro Harlem Brundtland,

Benazir Bhutto,

Khaleda Zia, Edith Cresson,

Sylvie Kinigi, Agathe Uwilingiyimana,

Corazon Aquino, Angela Merkel;

and many more in different fields

that have made humankind proud.

Let our girls live,

give them education,

challenge and task them,

create a level playing field

for them with male children,

give them same tools like male

folks to work with;

watch over them and

wait for tomorrow’s harvest.

Once more, let our girls LIVE.