MORNING SHE WALKED DAILY A MILE
WATCHING CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL BAGS
COULDN'T DO MUCH, SHE CAME FROM RAGS
WALKED BACK WITH A HOPEFUL SMILE
ASKED MOM WHY UNIFORM SHE CANT WEAR?
WAS TOLD LIKES OF HER NEED NOT DARE
THE WORDS SEND RIPPLES OF SHOCK
MOM HUGGED HER SAYING ALL WILL MOCK
COULDN'T MAKE BELIEVE HER NATURE SO NAIVE
BEGAN RECITING THE ABCD SHE OVER HEARD
TO STAND IN THE SCHOOL PRAYER SHE DID CRAVE
THE 26 ALPHABETS MADE HER FEEL LIKE A BIRD
ENTERED HER HELPLESS MOM WITH A NEW MAN
WITH BROKEN DREAMS OUT OF THE ROOM SHE RAN
HER MOM'S SMILE YET MOIST EYES MADE HER WONDER
TO MISERY & AGONY WHO MADE THEM SURRENDER.
THESE INNOCENT ONES BECOME JUST A SOCIETAL GAG
LET US CHANGE THEIR LIFE FROM RAGS TO BAGS
