A FACE OF DIGNITY
A FACE OF DIGNITY
" Madam please, please one moment madam"
I stopped and stared
A thin haggard face
Pleading eyes ready to bulge out
The frail form starved
Peeking out of his torn shirt
And a shoe-polish box in his hand
Screaming aloud
Conviction of courage had stitched it
Screaming aloud
Conviction of courage had stitched it
He the future of tomorrow
Stood in my front
"Can I polish your shoes madam
I will really shine your shoes madam"
Pleading, begging work
To buy food
To breathe in night through the day
"Yes, yes"
Somehow I muttered
And tasted my own blood
The lost childhood
Struggling , surviving
Fighting for life
With all his might
Struggling , surviving
Fighting for life
With all his might
A face of dignity
Ingrained
In the frail form of this little boy
Stamped by conviction
Of courage and of hope
A face of dignity
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