What
it needs to be a woman? Asked the girl to her Granny;
“ Is
it a ponytail or a pretty floral skirt?”
The
old lady picked the girl on her lap, and narrowed her eyes;
And
with a wise grin said, “It needs time and the right moment to know what it
needs to be a
woman.”
Granny? The confused girl interrogated
furthermore,
“Well
child. If you love the image you see in the mirror, and felt beautiful inside
out, if you can
dance in the rain, and sing even if you are
down, and always give the Heaven’s above more
than a quick glance, if you have tasted the
saltiness of your tears, if you have laughed like crazy, if
you have learned to tame your fears, and
learned to say ‘no’ when you ought to.
If you have loved someone truly, and handled
rejection gracefully, if you have known how to react
to a compliment and criticisms, if you know
how to spare time for yourself, if you have never lose
trust of yourself, if you treasure the
smallest of moment in your life, and if you soar high despite of
the
limitations, if you have a fearless spirit
and never giving up attitude, and if you never barter your
integrity
for what you feel is true.
And if
believe that change starts from you, and change for good, if you are shy like a
child, if you are wise like an old owl, if you can ask for the true, if you can
seek to find, if you never take even a paisa for granted, if you believe in
yourself, if you respect all the God, race, gender, customs and creed. And
above all love being a woman.
“Grandma,
all these are needed to be woman?” asked the girl satisfied, yet puzzled.
“Yes
my dear child, all these and many more.” She loved the look in the little
girl’s eyes.
“ Wow!
It is tough to be a woman. But, I love to be one.” Came the optimistic reply.
*The edited version of this poem can be found in Ayangti Longkumer's Magic Quill.
*The edited version of this poem can be found in Ayangti Longkumer's Magic Quill.
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