A-Grade Poem by Suhail Kakorvi

She was pensive
Sadness looming large on her face
She failed to manage What was hurriedly needed
She just passed her twelfth class
She craved to do graduation
But circumstances looked stubborn to deny favors to her
Father with all efforts only looked sky
With despondency
On his total disappointment to arrange six thousand rupees
Required as fee
She belonged to a class where
Everyone was hand to mouth
Street vendor was her father
Seeing no hope
She appeared before Principle of the college
Who simply informed the last date of submission of fee
Which she knew
But when he raised eyes
He found tears in her eyes
Asked the reason
She told tale of her misery
And requested to allow her deposition of amount
In installment with voice reverberating her pain
The Principle at once decided to take responsibility on his shoulder
'Wipe out tears for they would cause dimness
Which might make your goal invisible
Fix your eyes upon that'Said he
Patients in hospitals die if they have no way out
To deposit charges
Callousness, mercilessness, lust for money
Have so long subdued humanity
Rather made them worst than beasts
But nobleness here
Turning into message of virtue
As flowers release fragrance
Ultimately-
She topped in graduation
Came out with flying colors
It was due to her that college was awarded honor
To be of A-grade
But tell me who deserved that A-grade
WHO?
Give reply and scatter upon the whole earth
Its quintessence