Girl Child - Give her a chance to Live

She breathed life into me, bore me in her womb
All I knew was to weep, she understood my fume,
I babbled; she smiled as if her life was in full bloom
I am ever indebted to you Mom, from my cradle to my tomb

Here comes my sibling, a fantastic person called Sister,
Will support me as a friend, and also trick me as a trickster
All she gave me was care, though I always gave her a blister,
Takes care of me as a mother, her love was my booster

A Woman came in my life, everyone knows her as my wife,
In her presence; my Home’s a paradise & Happiness is rife,
Pessimist in me declared: “Between Mom & Wife there will be strife”,
But in Harmony I lived and they gave me my “elixir of life”

Happiness knew no bounds when in our life entered my little girl,
Her glance was enough, for my gallant smiles to unfurl,
As the years passed by, I poured all my love into this pearl
She loved me like my mother, and made me feel like an Earl

At every stage of my life, happiness, joy and peace was replete,
Without all these women, Life’s purpose would be incomplete,
In spite of all this, why is a girl child buried in a tomb to retreat,
All she needs is “Right to Live”, Why not give her chance to live it

Happy Women's Day - to all the women who ever influenced, still influencing and will influence my life :-)