She holds to old ideas
goes by the convention
never once deviates
thinks it is treason.
Up in the early morning
runs to have a quick bath
clads herself in a dress of tradition
enters the kitchen all purified .
Her belief being so all along
she cleans the kitchen
gets on to her work with a song
praising the Lord for all she has got.
Being a very good cook
has an expertise in great
swiftly she prepares the meals
sets off to her place of work.
This be the way she has lived
never once she faltered
an up and a rise be her goal
ever did she go go about.
I look at her with wonder
she is now in her early sixties
till she wakes up and moves about
with a same speed and skill.
Age does not cow her down
not that she has no ailments
does not show it out openly
manages with a big smile.
Meenas Poems 