It was my dreaming age, 

I was only 15 

My stepmom forced me to marry 

and the man was 35, 

Every night I was raped in different ways 

I thought, maybe this is the life! 

Once I realized, this isn't life, 

I cried to my father, for my rescue 

He said in an annoyed voice, 

"You have to compromise 

And you have to live with him until your death." 

But I didn't 

l left the man and left my past 

Nobody was beside me 

Nobody was with me 

I started walking on my path alone 

I didn't have a roof on my top, 

No food, no friend and not a single penny. 

There were many conspiracies against me 

It was my family and my community.

But nothing could stop my voice

I became vocal against domestic violence 

I started spreading my voice

One day I was alone

Today, thousands of voices around the world

They are vocal against domestic violence

They are vocal against the oppression of women. 

Title: Nothing Couldn’t Stop My Voice

Artist: Popy Chowdhury

Medium: Poem

Date: 2020

This is a poem based on the true story of my life. I lost my mother when I was only nine months old. I had no siblings, I was alone in this world. I was always brutally abused by my step mother, but I could not tell anyone for fear. At that point, I started writing about my misery on the back pages of the school notebook. And this is how my writing started, and now I am a author of almost thirty books.