Orientalism
By Fatima Bukhari
Silk Falls off my head
They want to see what’s underneath
Silhouette, nothing here to see
Just a woman, let her be
Through their eyes is a telescope
Their minds go ecstatic, they cannot fathom
That there is nothing to see
I am a prize for you to be won
Your paper skin, it can be shaded in
Only if you want it to be
I’m too different, you have power now
Some shades darker under your submission
You can’t cease your urges
I control the animal inside
I am uncivilised?
You let it control you, keeping it up
Beware of your kind
For we are the ones you seek to be
And so, you take everything from us
Relentlessly