LADYSHIP

Lady, don't slouch!
Keep the head held high,
Don't dare lose the grace
Or your million dollar smile!
Take off your shiny heels,
Dance barefoot unlike the rest,
Sway to the soulful rhythm, while
Envious eyes whine at your waist.


Skip the tears of midnight,
Don't wait up for that call,
Drop some hints and move on
You're too classy for a brawl!
Let the diamonds find you,
And the naïve pine your care,
Your beauty needs no minions
Like the flowers in your hair...


Lady, you are fire!
Incandescence in all woes,
Can brighten a man's odd day,
Warm a child's little toes.
But lest it remain unsaid,
Flames burn out yet they blind,
Char the morose hearts and
Scald every love unkind.
-smita

(on eve of womens' day)