Queen of Paradise

a poem by Chetan Bhatia

With laughter in her tone
and smile in her eyes
she will meet most of us
with open arms and welcome song
is usually the first one
to say hello and break the ice
doesn’t fit to stay in the world
draped around by layers of formality
where for every act of goodness
they attach a tag of price.

One moment she is so happy
giving your envy a new high
doing things considered stupid
in the holy book of wise.
Bubbles out of those acts
are her innocence and child
which always look beautiful and nice.

Many a time you will find her
helping and giving out a hand of help
for poor and needy ones
and not just like others
forgetting about them after just thinking twice.

With friend circle so large
yet for her is not suffice
as she still sometimes feel lonely and left out
maybe it is her fault to cast eyes
on others bowl
when her is full up to the brim
with lots of sweet rice.

With so much goodness bestowed on her
she should be in heaven
rather than being just a walking fairy on earth.
If it was up to me
would have given her the honourary title
the title of “Queen Of Paradise”.