I AM GENERATION EQUALITY
By Samhita Barooah
I am generation equality!
I am the domestic helper without wages.
I am the toilet cleaner without gloves.
I am the stone crusher without a mask.
I am the daily wager without social security.
I am a disabled without any access.
I am a hairdresser without any hair.
I am mothering without being a mother.
I am a provider without any provisions.
I am generation equality!
I am the emergency driver without a safety belt.
I am the housekeeper without a bed.
I am the weaver without a brand.
I am the seed sower without a patent.
I am the weeder without a power tiller.
I am the food provider without the name.
I am generation equality!
I am the teacher without the salary.
I am the caregiver without a moment to rest.
I am the nourisher without a meal.
I am the judge without a verdict.
I am the land owner without a name.
I am the administrator without leave.
I am generation equality.
I am the reporter without the camera.
I am the garbage cleaner without the bin.
I am the peacekeeper within violence.
I am the violator without being violent.
I am the cook without a morsel.
I am generation equality.
I am a woman trapped in a man’s body.
I am a man trapped in a woman’s body.
I am a queer trapped in a woman’s body.
I am a transgender without my own identity.
I am an intersexed within an asexual body.
I am a drag queen without a stage.
I am the changemaker without any changes.
I am the woman without being a woman.
I am generation equality.
I am voiceless with a mouthpiece
I am powerless with a pen.
I am destructive without any weapon.
I am disruptive without any intoxication.
I mess up without a mess.
I love despite being hated.
I am generation equality.
I am problematic without a problem.
I am critical without my own consent.
I am anti-national without a nationality
I am customary without being equal.
I am unjust without any justice.
I am cultural without any culture.
I am social without any society.
I am generation equality.
I am social security without an insurance.
I am biodiversity without any land.
I am the periphery without any center.
I am the barriers without any barricades.
I am the darkness without any veil.
I am the wound without any pain.
I am the burden without any weight.
I am generation equality.
I am the gene without any clones.
I am a generation without any claim.
I am a bright future with a brutal past.
I am the present without any fake promises.
I am the resolution which repeats itself.
I am the revolution that never stopped.
I am alive despite being buried.
I am realistic without a fantasy.
I am generation equality.
I am equal without any equality.
I am liberal without any liberty.
I am secular without any religion.
I am sovereign without any territory.
I am mobile without any mobility.
I am generation equality.