the legless us.

years ago.
somebody.once asked me.

'if i were to lose my legs.would you still want me?'


many
years ago.

it was.

and suddenly.
today.
this late afternoon.


as i was taking my usual break from doing work.
that particular question popped into mind.

and i was prompted.
to write.
before this thought is again lost in the midst of world.




'if i were to lose my legs.would you still want me?'

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'would you?'

that was the question.
many years ago.

and this.

this is my answer.

if there is a future ahead.
where it is destined for me.
that there will be a point in life.

where God grants me.
a crossing path of having someone as such in my life.

if anyone.
just anyone.
this.
i would say.
to that someone.


hush darling.
it's only your limbs that are not there.
oh must you remember and not despair .
that the kindness of the soul lies deep in the heart.
even when the rest of the body is in state of impair.
kindness.
will still be there.



often we see.
those individuals.
the ones that we refer as the unlucky ones.
seldom we take time to value them.

sometimes we push them aside.
we treat them differently.
we group them as ugly.
drawing a line of their inabilities over our abilities.
thinking that we can never be that unlucky.

but.

sadly.

our minds and hearts are more deformed.
if we think that.
beauty stops at complete forms.

sadly.

so hush darling.

your legs may not be there.
your feature may lose its glare.
your presence may cause stare.

but don't you know?. . . .

that God creates beauty in everyone.every where.

so lose the legs.
lose the eyes.
the ears.
the hands.
and the minds.

if it is still that same heart that is beating deep beneath the ribs.

fear not.
your beauty is safe with God.

this i wrote.
in the remembrance of a person.
that was once known.

who would give up her legs.
if i were legless too.

so to all.
maybe.
this should be the time.
that we change our views.
and our way of thinking.

what beauty.
is actually.
really.
is.


i didn't get to answer the person.
probably.
i was not suppose to.

but this. i wrote.

so that.
everyone will get to answer.
to the ones they know.
or the ones they might get to know.

that.
hush darling.

beauty is more.
than just the limbs.