"Walwar"

Our Pashtana daughters happiness should be worth
more than anything on this earth

Yet our precious daughters are being sold like sheep
putting a price tag that's very steep

Now only the wealthy and old men can marry it's so high
leaving the younger men wondering why

Sadly many daughters are slowly, miserably growing old
waiting the highest bidder before they are sold

Of Marrying many poor young men have given up all hope
and now drown their sorrows smoking dope

Which is worse? forced to marry an old man or having to wait
both for our children is a miserable fate

Setting a reasonable walwar limit is something we must do
as marriage has become a privilege of the few


*Special thanks to my dear brother in Afghanistan who suggested this sad topic.

Majabin Mohammed, 13, left, sits with her husband to whom she has been married to for six months, Mohammed Fazal, 45, and his first wife and their child.