Beautifully Ugly!
Times of Bennett | Updated: May 01, 2023 12:09
By Ashvin Soin
A day she woke up insmell and stain
White sheet painted with bloody red pain
Crying and thought she made a mistake
Way to lavatory was all opaque
She fledged into a dramatic thing
Which was only seen on the TV ring
The struggle to put that on was horror
Thought of returning every month tore her
She didn't sly she didn't move
She laid quiet and stared at the roof
Her unanswerable body downed in pain
Trembled hands and frowned brain
It demands to be noticed
It demands to be felt
It demands to be perceived
And to be smelt
It's nothing new nothing odd
Nothing weird nothing flawed
It's bloody natural and okay
Let's just simply keep it that way.
The poem portrays the experience of a woman who wakes up to find herselfbleeding and feeling overwhelmed by the situation. She struggles to deal with the physical pain and emotional turmoil that comes with menstruation . The white sheet she wakes up on is now painted with "bloody red pain", and the way to the lavatory is "opaque", indicating her disorientation and confusion. The woman feels as though she has made a mistake and cries, highlighting the stigma and shame often associated with menstruation .
The poem highlights the struggle of putting on a pad or tampon, which can be challenging and painful, as well as the dread of having to deal with this every month. The woman's experience is portrayed as a "dramatic thing", something that is typically seen only on television, but which is a natural bodily function experienced by half of the world's population.
The poem challenges the taboos surrounding menstruation and calls for a normalization of the experience. It stresses the need to acknowledge and validate the pain and discomfort that come with menstruation, and to remove the shame and embarrassment that often surround it. The last stanza emphasizes that menstruation is "bloody natural and okay" and should be treated as such. Overall, the poem encourages us to be more open about menstruation and to embrace it as a natural part of life.
A day she woke up in
White sheet painted with bloody red pain
Crying and thought she made a mistake
Way to lavatory was all opaque
She fledged into a dramatic thing
Which was only seen on the TV ring
The struggle to put that on was horror
Thought of returning every month tore her
She didn't sly she didn't move
She laid quiet and stared at the roof
Her unanswerable body downed in pain
Trembled hands and frowned brain
It demands to be noticed
It demands to be felt
It demands to be perceived
And to be smelt
It's nothing new nothing odd
Nothing weird nothing flawed
It's bloody natural and okay
Let's just simply keep it that way.
The poem portrays the experience of a woman who wakes up to find herself
The poem highlights the struggle of putting on a pad or tampon, which can be challenging and painful, as well as the dread of having to deal with this every month. The woman's experience is portrayed as a "dramatic thing", something that is typically seen only on television, but which is a natural bodily function experienced by half of the world's population.
The poem challenges the taboos surrounding menstruation and calls for a normalization of the experience. It stresses the need to acknowledge and validate the pain and discomfort that come with menstruation, and to remove the shame and embarrassment that often surround it. The last stanza emphasizes that menstruation is "bloody natural and okay" and should be treated as such. Overall, the poem encourages us to be more open about menstruation and to embrace it as a natural part of life.
