Your work as beautiful as you

People said give up, let it go,

You are alone, you have a handicap,

You will never survive,

You survived

And you worked

Your work as beautiful as you

You were beautiful when you swept and you cleaned before we got up

You were beautiful with sweat dripping from your forehead

And light beaming through your eyes

You were beautiful when you hugged us and showed us the clean room

You were beautiful when you held the door to steady yourself

And when you kept on picking up the falling broom

You were beautiful sans any jewelry

You were pretty and bright,

Even when the lender didn’t show any chivalry

Beaming from ear to ear

when you sold your last piece

You had twinkling eyes, and no trace of fear

When you stitched our dresses from your wedding gifts

Each stitch each cut taking hours and hours

You were beautiful with those intense eyes running on the seam

Making sure everything is as pretty as a dream

Walking down miles to save every rupee

Crying with our cries and pleading with our plea

Standing up for us against the whole world

Standing up for yourself against the herd

No crutches for your handicap

No excuses for anything bad

You were beautiful when you presented to the world

Your brave face,

Your firm stature

You were beautiful when you presented to us,

The bright future

As big as our dreams

As vivid as rainbow

As possible as tomorrow

You were beautiful when you looked in the mirror and smiled

You were beautiful when people taunted at your handicap and you were still kind

You were beautiful when you picked me up with one hand and hugged me tight

You were beautiful when you walked with a limp and never looked down and sighed

You are beautiful today for not wanting to mend and slow down

You are beautiful, as beautiful as my each trophy, each medal and each crown

You are beautiful because you made me believe in beauty of life

You knew when to let go and let us rise

You knew when to not follow and let us fly

We moved on and

May be the work you loved was over

May be it was time for you to slow down and not be a soldier

You are beautiful because you decided to start over

You decided to not stop,

You decided to contribute,

You decided to continue,

In your own special way

You are beautiful because you are still working

In your own special ways

Working for others, working through nights

Working through days

Working for those who need you

Carrying the red, pink and blue

Living their nightmares and sharing their hues

You are as beautiful as your work

Your work as beautiful as you

Dedicated to my mother, a special god’s messenger who survived and overcame her physical handicaps. And she literally brought us up single handily and is spreading her love to those in need even today.

“Life is as beautiful  and as handicapped as your thoughts”

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