- Have you seen the light of hope,
- In the eyes of the blind?
- Have you seen the smile of contentment,
- Upon the lips of poverty?
- Have you felt the tenderness of benevolence,
- In the palm of affluence?
- Have you felt the glow of sacrifice,
- In the heart afire with love?
- Have you known the trace of strength,
- In the footprints of life’s storms?
- Have you known the halo of calm,
- Around the face of death?
- Then only have you seen and felt and known,
- True beauty in a human being.
- – Kusum Gokarn
True Beauty
