Dignity
Posted in Life, Motivational, Strength, Work, children on 07/06/2011 01:38 pm by Gauri KanyalkarThis poem was originally written for http://dontgiveupworld.com/dignity/
You can read the original story that inspired this poem here : http://passionwriters.com/2011/05/mountain-berries/
On top of the mountain
Where the sun beats down
Sacrificial turns rule
And loneliness abounds
We and our hatchback
Traversing the bends
The harshness of cliffs
Craggy rocks never end
Where man dreads
To tread the road
No water to quench
No morsel or food
A woman charges forth
To the middle of the drive
To travelers minuscule
“Buy my berries,” she cries
Though dismayed greatly
We continue the journey
The woman’s picture
Etched in our memory
We have to return
By the self same road
Unconsciously looking out
For the “berries” code
It’s not the woman
That we see this time
But two little girls
With faces sublime
“Buy our berries,sir
Oh! Please do!”
What, but to stop
Without much ado
They sell us their ware
And obtain their fare
When they are certain
They have our attention
“Give us something to eat!”
They imply with reticence
Such dignity in struggle
Such strength in action
——-Gauri Kanyalkar——
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