Hi Kaavyak - I enjoyed reading your poem and would love to know if it's written with a particular case / law in mind to better understand what's being said. In the United States, people are often critical of school dress-codes that unfairly target girls and excuse boys and I think that is somewhat what you're addressing - though the last three lines make me think you're talking about something a bit more specific too.
Very much agree with the sentiment that how a person's dressed does NOT excuse nonconsensual contact or harassment of any kind! You bring up good points that women / girls of all sorts of professions, religions, and dress experience these things - so how a person dresses is certainly no excuse.
I think the part of the poem about creepy compliments is a bit of a diversion from the main message - but agree with that sentiment too.
My favorite line was "Whatever your reasons are / keep your pride in your pants" just a very snappy way of saying that!
I didn't quite get what you meant by "You don't leave a girl or a boy, you don't leave a man or a woman / you don't leave a child or an elder" do you mean "you don't leave them alone, or something else?
I'm not sure if having some parts in bold helped - the poem, but they did draw attention to those two sentences.
For this one, "I won't listen to no reasons," I would maybe change to "I won't listen to your reasons," to make it flow a bit more grammatically by avoiding the double negative.
Overall you did a great job making an argument with logic while still incorporating strong emotion into your piece! I can tell you care a lot about this topic - and it certainly comes through in your work. Keep writing about important things please! The world can always use more wisdom added to its voices!
Thank you for sharing your work,
alliyah
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