indira babbellapati (visakhapatnam, india)

(*original in Telugu by Papineni SivaSankar)



No, not physically challenged

But he, who challenged physics

He who emerged victor

Over the paralyzing ‘motor neuron’

With his intellectual work-out

He who stabilized

The powdered sounds of speech

With the speech-synthesizer

He who instilled confidence

In all those challenged



With his brawny arms of wisdom

He’s a swimmer par excellence

In the cosmic oceans

With limbs paralyzed

Performs aerobics in the cavern of time

He swings joyfully

On the threads of galaxies



Steadfast in his belief

That the universe is eternal

He went on to define a designer-universe

Denying entry even to the original designer



No, he isn’t physically-challenged

He is Mr. Intellectual-handsome



Stephen Hawkins

The real successor to Einstein

10 Oct 2010

09.22hrs