Malala of Pakistan
…Jewel of Courage
by Apolinario B Villalobos
Though young, to the world you showed
that age is not a measure
of one’s attitude,
your cherubic smile, so full of innocence
surrounds you with aura
of blinding magnificence,
your heroic deed bespeaks of great strength
and belittled, put to shame
the bulging muscles of men,
angel of Pakistan, you are a jewel of courage
how many young girls your age
will sacrifice for others, as you did?
the world prays for you, that you still live
you are such a rare jewel, hard to find –
breath of relief for deteriorating mankind!
(Malala Yousufzai, of Swat Valley, Pakistan, is a girl of 14, shot by the Taliban for defying them, as she relentlessy went on with her informing the world through the internet, about their atrocities. Todate, she is fighting for her life in a hospital.)
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