Oh My Gold!!!

Oh My God

ladies all in gold

fasting to impress their lord

Yet they forget

that the gold they show

has value only when its sold

Clad in red sarees 

they show off their gold

a tradition gone foul

as they compete 

and fight

and struggle 

to show their gold

Oh my Gold

there are children on the street

with nothing to eat

and nothing to wear

 they have no love or care

 or someone to call their own

Yet these women

dont see,nor feel

fore they dont care to share

or spend a little

on the poor

Statues of stones
are showered and bathed
 in milk and honey
and hungry children
linger on to

watch this sight
not knowing what to do
as they crave for the milk

yet these women don't care

nor bother to share

They pray for life

happiness and much more

yet they choose to forget

there is a God inside us all!!! 

--By Prabalta Rijal