The Sales Girl Poem by Parameswaran Nair Damodaran Nair

The Sales Girl

Rating: 5.0


She wakes up before the dawn knocks
And sets out when the first light peeps
To the distant village with lot of hopes
To sell goods from her heavy packs
For clearing two months rent in arrears
And to buy at least a weeks ration,
Sick moms medicines need replenished,
Bank loan repayment to be resumed,
A dhoti and a blouse to be bought for mom
To replace the old rags that hardly cover.
To save for searching out her eloped father
Who left her and her poor mother to suffer.
Rough is the path left before her to cover
Hard is the sun showering from above fire
Yet the fire inside keeps her moving ahead
To live and to let live challenging realities hard

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Me Poet Yeps Poet 05 July 2020

and you send all migrants to her to increase her burden BPL under BPL what a decision like living in Still glad for you some sympathy show you

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Thank you very much dearPP for the comments.Its alife we have to see from the angle of sympathy which they deserve for theiir hardships filled life for others

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 July 2020

the sales Girl lives with full inside power and strength about practical life; life is always challenging for everyone; the true receiver of the challenge always become winner and the sales girl I think is walking on the path of winning life....

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Thank you dear Mahtab. We can see the sales girl walk from door to door in the hope of selling a piece for nominal profit for maintaining themselves and their dependents. Their mentality to help anfd support their family members is beyond doubt a kinfd and sacrificial one.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 27 June 2020

A very poignant and touching poem. The hardship in life. will drain our strength. Yet hope will fuel and propel us fo rise and conquer the darkness of life. Beautifully written.

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Thank you very much dear RMJ. It is only the hope that fuel such girls to overcome the darkness in life. Its a great thing on their side to have a mind to support their dependents too

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Dr Dillip K Swain 27 June 2020

A thought provoking write! I can imagine the environment where from the girl has been brought up. You have brilliantly unfolded the untold miseries at the rear of this sales girl. Brilliantly composed sir........Top score.

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Thank you Dr. Dillip. People like us should at least peep into such life that the poor girls lead for too meagre an income just for the sake of their family members who have reared them dearly suffering hardships more than the girls suffer.

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Bharati Nayak 26 June 2020

A very moving poem with so much sympathy for the poor vegetable vendor who has such heavy responsibility on her shoulder to discharge with her meagre earning.

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It may be due to something that went wrong with the PH site that the earlier comments do not appear. However this is a second attempt. Yes, dear poetess, I have seem many a sales girl go from house to house with heavy bags full of articles for sale. They cove long long distances with the heavy loads only for finding a solace to their hardships of life, may be for earning a livelihood and support of their dependents. Thank you

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