Something I Look At-33 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-33
BY SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

So beautiful and elegant you are,
Having no equal, no parallel
In this brutal world.
You are God incarnate on earth—
Give us everything you have,
And still you keep giving more.

You are the poetry of love and dedication,
From womb to earth,
To the full bloom of youth,
And thereafter,
You remain by our side,
Loving unconditionally,
Expecting nothing in return.

You are the epitome of sacrifice
And all that is finer in this world.
If we do not see God in you,
Then there is no other God for us.

You hardly live for yourself,
From cradle to the grave,
In the role of sister, daughter, friend,
Wife and mother—
You only complement and
Fulfil others,
Hardly ever wrong,
Yet silently bearing what words cannot say.

You are virtue, love and compassion personified,
My mother—
You are the most beautiful
And fascinating lady on earth.

All mothers are alike—
Time to know her,
Her unconditional love,
And reciprocate
When she needs us the most.
Nothing is more urgent, more sacred.

Let us respect women—
The mothers and future mothers,
Or else we have no right to
Call ourselves civilised.
A society that does not
Respect its women
Is but heading towards its doom.

Forget not—
We are men because
Of the women in our life;
And in forgetting her, we forget ourselves.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
10.3.2017
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