Life decoloured

They bathed her in turmeric

draped her in scarlet silk

adorned her with crimson bangles

smeared her parting with vermillion

strung her hair with jasmine...



Then amid wailing and tears

they swathed her in white

shattered her bangles

smudged the vermillion

ripped away the jasmine


leaving her stripped and bereft

in body, mind and soul...



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