I wish 
That parents didn’t cry over their infants gender 
That blue wasn’t just a guy color and pink just for girls 
Because girls don’t just play with dolls 
And guys don’t only fiddle with swords 
Flowers aren’t only she and trucks only he
Guy’s don’t only represent muscles 
And girls not all dainty 

Men and women are born equal                                                                                             
Until society drags the women down
Only offering men the privilege of elevators 
In the beam balance, the women weigh less 
While the men go soaring high into the sky 
It’s so unfair

That a women is treated unequal 
Because she sheds blood once every month
Or does not have the physical strength as a man
Her gender does not make her blood different
Her gender does not make her mind different
It does not make her success different

Tell her she can’t climb the mountain
For she is a girl, she can’t drive
Or own a business, or can’t achieve anything                                                                              And she will climb higher than you ever could

Achieve more than anyone
Because her gender does not make her ability different
She has a place on same throne as everyone else

And deserves the same respect
For one day
She might just be the CEO you’re working for.

Kriesha is a Grade VIII student at Premier International School, Patan.