Ni kudiye! (O baby girl)

Lily Swarn Posted On March 8, 2022

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Tightly curled pink hands

Bundles of delight

Swaddled in pink blankets

Cherubic Angels with ruby lips

Baby girls made of all things sweet and spice

Daddy’s little girls and mama’s heartbeats

Rosy hues with fairy wings

Gossamer shimmer on dainty tips

Long haired Devis in temples of yore

Adorned with tiaras in Nepal’s mountains up high

Goddess incarnate in Indian legends

A Sati , Savitri or Veena Pustak Dharini

Shakti today and Kali next

The slayer of demons astride a tiger

Who would have known that the land that worships you

Will treat you so harshly ?

Gang raped and throat slashed ?

Whipped , beaten in the shelter of four walls

Your body marauded , your spirit crushed ?

Servile , meek and left to die

With full blown AIDS in halls of hell ?

No , you don’t give in ,you wondrous one

You awake from your ashes and snarl at your deflowerer

You arise like the Phoenix and devour the demons

You are the beatific light of love

You infuse the streams with the milk of love

You perfume the desert with the scent of musk

You are love , love , love

Grateful to have you my baby girl !

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Lily Swarn

Lily Swarn, internationally acclaimed, multilingual poet, author, columnist, gold medalist, university colour holder, radio show host , Peace and Humanity Ambassador, writes different genres. A Trellis of Ecstasy, (Poetry )called a veritable delight by The Journal of Commonwealth Literature in London. The Gypsy Trail,(novel),Lilies of the Valley,( essays) History on My Plate ( food) got rave reviews. Rippling Moonbeams her latest anthology was launched at the Chandigarh International Literary festival. She won over 50 international and national awards like Reuel International Prize for Poetry ,Global Icon of Peace ,Sahitya Rattan Award,Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award ,2020 ,2021 Order of Shakespeare Medal , Cesar Vallejo award WE Diva of the world, A La Excelencia Literaria,25 Women of Excellence. Her work can be read in numerous international anthologies and magazines. Lily’s poetry has been translated into over 17 languages. Her Urdu ghazals are put to music and she is a nominee for Lifetime Achievement Award and a finalist for Global Culture Champion Award by SheInspires Awards, UK. She was recently awarded the Women of Hearts award 2020-21 and her latest prestigious award is the ‘Best Indian Author Award 2021 ‘for her book , History on my Plate by Criric Space Literary awards. She is working on her book of Urdu ghazals and Punjabi nazms.