HOPES AND DREAMS
 
 
 
 
 Staring into the sky
 
 Peeking through the stars
 
 Stretching on tiptoe
 
 Far beyond 
 
 Into the unknown and unseen
 
 Wondering
 
 what might be 
 
 Up there
 
 
 Wishing and hoping
 
 That 
 
 If only I could
 
 Reach out 
 
 And move the stars around
 
 By the tips of my fingernails
 
 
 
 Not for me
 
 But 
 
 For all the daughters
 
 Mine and others'.
 
 
  
 
 Nidadavolu Malathi
 July 19, 1999