BUT NOBODY ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED

But nobody asked me what I wanted

No. Not even once 

I got to wear the heavy and beautiful dresses 

That I had to carry with energy of every ounce. 

Matching gold and diamond jewelries with them 

They made me look like a princess that day 

But nobody asked me what I wanted 

I had just turned 23 that December. 

And they’d said it’s time 

It’s time to get settled down 

It’s time to find a “well and stable” man to spend my life with 

But nobody asked me what I wanted.  

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Heart to Heart with Malvika

I had to leave my home, my room, my oh so beautiful room 

I had to leave my happy place, 

I had just turned 23 that December 

And I had to leave my home. 

To live with people I’ve never known 

And nobody asked me what I wanted  

I had to call his parents ‘Maa’ and ‘Papa’ 

But is it fair?  

Is it fair to my own parents? 

Is it fair to me? 

Why didn’t anyone ask me what I wanted?  

I had to leave my hopes and dreams behind. 

Because that’s what a good ‘daughter-in-law’ does, isn’t it? 

I had to put a full stop to my career 

I might have been a CEO for god’s sake 

But nobody asked me what I wanted.  

For a girl who had head full of dreams  

And a heart full of courage 

It came down to dishes and cabbage 

Still nobody asked me what I wanted.