In the atmosphere of happiness,
A girl baby was born.
Elated, the doctor announced,
Birth time:8:37 Monday Morn.

The neatly covered tiny infant,
Adorable as every other baby,
Lay asleep in her mother’s arms,
As she left the hospital lobby.

The mother took her baby home.
With so much of joy,
But Alas! The reaction was,
“It is girl? Why not a boy?”

Shocked by her family’s reaction,
The mother sat confused.
She looked down at her lap,
At the little face amused.

The family turned the baby down,
They wanted only a male child.
They were prepared to take the extreme step,
But never accept a girl child.

Unsure of what to do,
Mother hugged her darling pearl.
They threatened her, they would throw her out,
If she didn’t abandon the girl.

With a heart so heavy,
And the fear of being disowned,
The mother left her baby,
In a street corner and walked on.

She thought of how the innocent child,
For no fault of it’s,
Would face life,
With such a start like this.

It cried and wailed,
For comfort. For love.
The mother could bear it no longer,
She would save her baby somehow.

She made a firm decision,
She would leave her family and house.
But no way could she disown her child,
The child that she so much loved.

Thus because of a mother so courageous,
The life was saved of that soul.
It is high time more people,
Stood up to this practice so foul.