Being Beautiful!!

Her childhood 

Was a sweet one. 

The society taught her 

That beauty was temporary 

And that only hardwork

Mattered in a world like ours. 

She became prettier

As she grew up, 

He liked her smile, her eyes 

The man who lived in the next street. 

Much older to her, 

She refused his marriage proposal. 

"I want to study and nothing more. " Said she. 

Enraged, by her reply 

He returned home silently. 

Another beautiful morning,

Little did she know

What awaited her 

And her life would change. 

On the way to college, 

He flung acid at her. 

It burned her inside and out. 

Disfigured her face,

Deformed her identity. 

Lost her consciousness. 

She yelled with pain.

Felt like her body 

Was being ripped apart. 

As the doctors

Poured water over her body. 

After months of surgery, 

She glanced herself in the mirror

She cried and cried. 

The society which taught her 

That beauty is temporary 

Was now ostracising her. 

She wanted to give up this fight, 

The fight of standing up for herself 

But the thought of her parents 

And letting the culprits free,

Was her reason not to. 

Her unbreakable determination 

To fight for herself 

Was what kept her alive. 

She began to 

Uncover her face. 

She decided not to let 

The ordeal define

The trajectory of her life. 

No, she is not a victim 

But a survivor. 

A brave one, to say. 

Hope and will power, 

Kept her going. 

She rose from ashes, 

Although the scars never healed. 

Today she is, 

A beacon of inspiration. 

"He threw acid on my face, 

Not on my dreams." Said she. 

And yes, she is beautiful