Girls : A blessing or a curse?

With her birth, somewhere was played a bassoon
And somewhere were the sounds of an unhappy croon.

When she opened her eyes, some people were happy,
Unlike her blood relatives, showing the signs of being snappy.

A girl is a amongst the marvels created by God,
Then why is she considered among the awful odds?

Since birth she faces discrimintion because of her gender,
Why with her, a girl, the parents never tender?

Parties rock all night with the birth of a son,
In our society boys and girls are not treated as equal ones.
The remorse and sadness can be visible in those families,
Who have only daughters to earn by their abilities.

The birth of a girl is rarely an extravaganza,
Our long tradition curses her existence.
It's only the males, who are an asset of bonanza,
Who are loved even when they are filled with defiance.

Her education hardly extends over the high school,
Because her parents don't want to waste their tools-
Over her but on the educations of their sons.
Her mother also forgets that even she was a girl once.

The first trouble that faces her parents is regarding dowry,
Which immediately makes them unaffectionate and loury.

A girl is not included in the family as she has to go after the marriage,
Or to the market forcefully to sell herself in a carriage.

Her respect is devoured by those who wish to exploit her womanhood,
And in an instance she loses her sheen, her hardihood.

A girl cannot walk alone even in a crowded street,
As she is fearful of those 'men' who may interfere to deplete-
Her 'respect' in the listless customs of a brainless society,
Who ever sacrifice girl children to please their divine deity.

Even after a girl is married off, she may not live a life of comfort,
She still has to face the frowns and anger of the people in her husband's world.
Most of the times she is forced to burn herself in that fire where she cooks food,
And sometimes she is even thrown on the street when she satisfies the need of the brood.

A girl's tears are never cared; her dreams are never valued,
The customs of our society are only where the elder individuals are glued.
A mother also avoids to understand the feelings of her daughter,
As she knows that she herself is dragging her to the slaughter.

I feel so pity to see what's happening around me,
Is everyone blind? Can anyone see?
Is no person around a feminist any longer?
Will the girls be always tortured by a race which is physically stronger?

A girl is known by her husband's name,
If her husband loses his respect, she is also defamed.

A widow cannot still re-marry in most places,
She is burnt alive and ironically, no one approaches the police to files cases.

A girl-child is no longer a wish in any family,
If a girl is born she simply becomes a burden to carry.

The truth is that the conditions of women in our society cannot get worse,
No one has the ability to answer truthfully, 'Who is a girl? A blessing or a curse?'