Sitara Hamidi
Life starts at this moment:
The moment you choose
To live on your own terms,
The moment you choose
To step forward,
The moment you choose
To fight for your freedom and your rights,
The moment you choose
To put an end to it all,
The rumors and the discouraging voices around us
The “shall nots” and the “should nots”
That have polluted our minds.
The one deciding force
Is your willpower.
So, my sister.
Believe in it.
Make decisions.
Move past the “shall nots,” and the “should nots.”
Your decisions will mark your live,
Not your acts of submission.
Make your own rules.
Live your own life.
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Read this piece in Persian here.