Your steps may falter but your heart knows to leap.

Your legs are shackled but you still yearn for a flight.
Your body has been in a battle but your spirits are high,
Your steps may falter but your heart knows to leap.
You have dreams,hopes, aspirations, and a beautiful life to keep.
Your father has saved each penny to get your legs repaired
Your mother has, in the dense kitchen dreamt of you coming alive.
They have seen you fall, they want you to rise,
They want you to be what you always surmised.
Today, I hear the sound of ghungrus coming into life,
Your feet finally escaped the slings you hugged by.
The world froze, as you mastered a step.
A step towards life, a step towards light.
A step which was as warm as a smile.
You finally won the battle which was for long forsaken.
For, your legs might have been shackled but your heart knew to leap.

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