Lame is not a disability

Lame is not a disability  

The kitten was born  on a fateful morn It had its doom With a leg deform

The kitten  was born lame Or was its mother to blame We did want to disclaim For it may bring us some shame

Was it the mother’s fault For its life almost ground to a halt We thought it would be difficult For it may not gestalt

It had a sibling To which it did cling The sibling looked pretty healthy And this kitten was shamefully unhealthy

One fine morn It lay under the teak One fine morn With ants on it at its peak

The  mother of the kitten Did not seem to be smitten Though its kitten was bitten But its fate seemed to be written

We felt the kitten would die For it was  breathing with sigh We couldn’t pacify And give any resupply

The sibling was bitten By a creature glutton All of a sudden Without any summon

The sibling died But this kitten survived To our utter surprise How did it thrive?

It raced on par with all other cats And appeared aristocrat And did overlap In spite of the handicap

It is inspiring to watch The little kitten overcome All its disabilities With its rule of thumb

Today it has grown And indeed out shown Every one in its zone In spite of its prone

Lame is not disability It is just a little debility Can turn into ability If the will has agility

                            

- Nandini Anandkumar

                                                                 29/5/2020