Monday, May 14, 2018

Portraits – Shikshita

She knows she is wise
She knows she is much more
Than she is given credit for
She knows she could have
Eaten the world
If only she had learnt to read

It came to her, so late
So late
And yet she will make the best of it
She will not let it be wasted
This boon from saraswati

Every time I ask her a question
She will jot down the answers

She is wise
She knows everything
By heart

But she will write it down
She will frown
She will study it
She will make corrections
And then, only then
Will she look up

And she is so proud

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