Wear flats, not heels they say...

She has the drive, the ambition
She wants to climb up the ladders – economics, finance, social, personal
She’s doing the right things, and getting there too.
Am sure she will.

Folks in a small town, people with big hearts
Whose egos are constantly being deflated by the ‘relatives’ in big towns and taller ladders
Folks who care the world for their daughter
And let her know so too.

Time for the big M – Marriage.. AM : Arranged Marriage
Cos the relatives have banned her from falling in love
Butting their nose and all other parts in
Trying to get the daughter married off to someone from a ‘very nice family’.

When, oh, when will relatives realize
That people’s lives are their own and just let them be
That even middle class family women can be first class and premium
They have a mind of their own, and no, didn’t need the relatives sanction for this!

No harm being in middle class from society’s point of view
The danger is to not get into the middle class attitude
To adjust and keep adjusting, presenting the good middle class for you…
We know we want to wear the heels and look good in it
But settle for the flats instead

I don’t want her to do that.
Or before she puts on those flats
Just give it a moment’s thought – am I going to like myself in flats everyday?
And keep gazing longingly at the heels – keep wishing, telling myself am adjusting
Slipping away and letting the life I wanted slip away?
All because I didn’t want to hurt them relatives.
No. Don’t. That’s middle class attitude
Tell yourself, your life is yours alone and your decisions have to be yours too.
They should make you happy, make you wear those heels when you want to!!
Your relatives can’t fit into your shoes, you see – be they flats or heels!!!