Scaling New Heights

This poem written by me, Bhagyashree Prakash Birje, is based on a true story of Arunima Sinha, the youngest girl in the world to scale Mt.Everest despite being handicapped.

Amidst the mountains, amidst the snow;

Lay a girl climbing since long ago.

She was forcing her way against the wind;

Not letting her fatigue to keep her pinned.

The sky above was getting dark with night;

While the gods kept watching the 25-year-old girl fight.

She was fighting hard to prove her strength;

By trying to scale the Mt.Everest's length.

She felt the hunger, the numbness and pain;

And yet she decided to keep trying again.

For 51 days she kept climbing;

To seek her destiny, she kept striving.

On the windy morning of 21st May;

She set out hiking on her way.

And then suddenly, there it was, the peak.

Her hands were almost dead and pink were her cheek.

WIth a proud shine in her eyes;

The Indian Flag she ties.

She watches the flag gracefully unfurl;

While standing,with the girl, on top of the world

With 2 bright eyes, she gazes;

With 1 right hand , she salutes;

And with 1 good leg she stands,

With only 1 good leg she stands!

Author's Note

This poem written by me, Bhagyashree Prakash Birje, is based on a true story of Arunima Sinha, the youngest girl in the world to scale Mt.Everest despite being handicapped.
She has till date climbed the Mt.Everest, Mt.Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mt.Elbrus in Europe and Mt.Kosizko in Australia.
She sets the best example of overcoming your obstacles and reaching new heights.

Reviews

[Solar]

WIth a proud shine in her eyes;
The Indian Flag she ties.
She watches the flag gracefully unfurl;
While standing,with the girl, on top of the world
With 2 bright eyes, she gazes;
With 1 right hand , she salutes;
And with 1 good leg she stands,
With only 1 good leg she stands!

Wow! Good to read your tribute to the strength of Indian woman Arunima Sinha - the world media does not do justice to such feats by Indian women. She was inspired by another Indian woman Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest in 1984 to whom she went for training.

[Bhagyashree Birje]

Thank you for your review! I agree that the media is ignorant to such feats of Indian women who despite having no support have achieved great heights. Recently Arunima Sinha scaled Mt.Aconcagua as her 5th peak.

[Solar]

Hope you will write more such poems!

[M P Ramesh]

Bhagyasree,
Obstacles are the way of life.....the writers can induce confidence on the readers about it. One of the primitive responsibility of art is the one with which feelings of such can be entrusted to. You have created a piece which satisfies this moment...what else is needed. when Such unquenchable aspirations get its theme in original works.

carry on...............


M P Ramesh