She hadn't seen

By Tanvi Nagar

She hadn’t seen the New York tower, never walked more than eight miles,

She hadn’t seen the world beyond her children’s smiles,

She hadn’t seen the temples of India nor the churches of Rome,

She had only made a devout prayer for her loved ones at home,

She hadn’t read the Gita, she hadn’t read the Bible,

But her wisdom and perseverance stood unparalleled,

She hadn’t seen Annapurna’s or the Matterhorn’s perilous slopes,

Yet, better than astrologers she could read a horoscope.

She hadn’t seen a single reel, not a documentary either,

Yet, she was greater than any historic warrior,

She hadn’t read a single story, neither had she perused a novel,

Yet, like some magician her words would soothe and enthral,

She hadn’t seen the Golden Gate Bridge nor the ones that lay in Sydney,

She hadn’t touched the delicate dew drops on the roses, tulips and the lilies,

But she did know how fragile mankind’s relationships could be,

She hadn’t gone round the Earth, but she shaped her family’s destiny,

She hadn’t seen the world they said, she hadn’t read a single word,

Even then, her bank of knowledge was full, only her thoughts were unheard,

They said she wasn’t capable because she couldn’t write sentences,

Yet, she held the power to rewrite history with just a few alphabets.