p.s. I know, Women's day is long gone. This was lying in my drafts for some time now and I didn't want to delete it.
Why should you celebrate Women's day?
And if you must, why limit it to a single day?
Why the need for a particular day?
An occasion is cause for celebration
But a woman? She is a person
holding humane qualities like anyone
just being the reason of her creation
We were created all for a reason
God never preferred one over the other
Why then do some rather
be a man and not woman?
We all have some of each other
Neither is complete without the other
Every woman has a man in her
A man in himself is complete neither
Neither is superior
neither is inferior
the world wouldn't be fair
if one out-weighed the other
Man and woman; yang and yin
have qualities of being
both: masculine and feminine
let us hence cherish every being
Not just on a special day
but every breathing day
so that a person does not
remain an occasion
to warrant an occasional celebration
Why should you celebrate Women's day?
And if you must, why limit it to a single day?
Why the need for a particular day?
An occasion is cause for celebration
But a woman? She is a person
holding humane qualities like anyone
just being the reason of her creation
We were created all for a reason
God never preferred one over the other
Why then do some ratherbe a man and not woman?
We all have some of each other
Neither is complete without the other
Every woman has a man in her
A man in himself is complete neither
Neither is superior
neither is inferior
the world wouldn't be fair
if one out-weighed the other
Man and woman; yang and yin
have qualities of being
both: masculine and feminine
let us hence cherish every being
Not just on a special day
but every breathing day
so that a person does not
remain an occasion
to warrant an occasional celebration
nice one! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Purnima!
Deletehey, I was the first one to comment!! :D
ReplyDeleteyes you are first...but...was there any competition???
DeleteSoulful and very aptly described. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rachit! :-)
DeleteSo true Uma, I feel similarly about the Women's Day hoopla :), couldn't express it like you though ;) !
ReplyDeleteit is a lot of hype!
Deleteaww..you are being sweet, Apster..:-)
Good one, Uma. I liked very much this bit: Every woman has a man in her
ReplyDeleteA man in himself is complete neither. Well-said.
Thank you, Aparna..am glad to have been able to strike a chord..:-)
Delete"Neither is superior
ReplyDeleteneither is inferior
the world wouldn't be fair
if one out-weighed the other"
Very nice and true..
Thank you, Radhika! :-)
DeleteGood one! loved it!
ReplyDeletethanks, Vidya!
DeleteMy first thought when I saw it was.....huh I thought it was Mothers Day and not Womans Day which was coming...I've been hinting away at home u see;-D. Then I saw the small print;-P
ReplyDeleteI'm no poet but I thought it was written very well Uma especially...
"We all have some of each other
Neither is complete without the other
Every woman has a man in her
A man in himself is complete neither"
IfI had a thumbs up emoticon I wd have put it here:-))
Blogger should have emoticons and suchlike, don't you think??
Deleteam so glad you liked it. Thanks for the lovely compliment! :-)
psst, when's Mother's day? what are your girls planning??