Modesty is the beauty.

Bangles in row on wrists,
A single stone on nose,
Pendulums from ears,
A golden rope around neck,
An Indian woman is devastating.
With a European, can it be so?
Feminineness gives beauty.
Indian modesty provides it.
29.05.2001, Berham

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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