<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567034" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ode to Cinderella</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the glaring sun on the melting sand <br>She marches from near by souk <br>Pushing a shopping cart to noble palace <br>Where she slaves for the day and night <br>As usual pulling air into empty lungs <br>Agape mouthed open eyed <br>At a hot summer noon <br>Nightmares of life 'Cinderella' dreams </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She gifts fake legs to loving soul mate <br>Lost his legs in a minefield <br>Delays father's death swallowing by a cancer <br>She dives into the sea in search of elixir <br>Lights lavender candles on mother's tomb <br>Before she bore in mind died in a flood <br>Sends three brothers back school again <br>She wants to give them what she missed in life <br>Smiles like a heroine murmurs to herself <br>Wiping sweat off 'Cinderella' sighs <br> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whole three years she saved a bit <br>Flies soon back to her homeland <br>No wonder everybody in her village <br>Gather round to listen her adventures <br>Of the magic land where she lived <br>She remembers all 'Cinderella' witnesses <br> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a one pat of the magic wand <br>A mountain of money creates from oil <br>All rights of humans vanish in a minute <br>Generosity, kindness change to sandstorm <br>For a slight mishap downpour of abuses <br>Colourful apparels raise from heaven <br>Mock at her peeping into her wallet <br>Skyscrapers make necks ache <br>Glittering wealth makes eyes blurred <br>Cars as arrows pass blasting honks <br>Carrying princesses of her same age <br>All these to her just another mirage <br>'Cinderella' giggles </div><div style="margin:10px 0">From far she sees ' Lady' at the gate <br>Shining shela and abaya in black <br>Wiping tears off she speeds up <br>Ten metres per second <br>'Cinderella' awakes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">souk = Arab bazaar <br> shela = a kind of scarf Arab ladies cover their heads <br> abaya = a kind of knee lengthed black robe Arab ladies wear over casual dress </div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Note: I wrote this poem as a tribute to underprivileged young maids who work in rich Arab countries sacrificing their youthfulness to support families in their homelands.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Swarnapali+Liyanage">Swarnapali Liyanage</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567034" data-title="Ode to Cinderella de Swarnapali Liyanage" data-description="In the glaring sun on the melting sand She marches from near by souk Pushing a shopping cart to noble palace Where she slaves for the day and night As usual pulling air into empty lungs Agape mouthed open eyed At a hot summer noon Nightmare..."></div> </div> </div>

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