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The author describes her mental state when she waited for a loved one to get better and expresses her gratitude for the medical fraternity through this poignant poem.
As my eyelids close,
And the lashes squeeze my waterlines into their wholesomeness,
Pearl droplets slide one by one,
Gently along the slope of my cheeks.
“Will it really be over?”, I pose.
Many thoughts rambled as I froze.
Two swords don’t fit in a scabbard single, they say.
But, Hope and Despair settled in me harmoniously for a decade.
“Who between the two within me, shall I let victorious – dubiety or credence ?” I apprehensively sought.
Credence, came the reply,
As if he understood my heart’s doubt.
As he stood before me, head to toe draped in green,
At six feet towards the sky, he looked immense to my tiny frame.
Meekly, I gathered myself, with my long-standing friends –
Fear and Courage, two-in-one.
It’s tough to actually be strong,
Yes, it’s easier said than done.
“My Gratitude is your Payment”, I uttered without words.
My flickering eyes conveyed it all.
“But it’s only my duty, as I humbly stand on my first day’s oath,” said he wordlessly.
His tired smile said it all.
The wait was long, call it a decade.
“But the last laugh is mine!”, said my fist, as I rise.
10 Years and a Million Tears
Were all worth, as I look up to say cheers!
Poet’s Note:
This is a depiction of the emotional situation of a chronic patient’s immediate family member, as the surgeon, just out of the operation theatre shares the news – its a success. After ’10 Years and a Million Tears’, you have your “life” gifted back to you! A humble attempt to show my gratitude to the medical fraternity who strive hard to stand by their ethics and integrity in treating patients. What you’re doing is most noble and irreplaceable! A loving dedication to my boy, Anmol, who’s been suffering from a rare form of epilepsy from the age of 1, and who is waiting for the past 6+ years, in hope of some miraculous healing towards his recovery.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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