Can you show me that pink shade?
I asked the lady, buying lipstick at a cosmetic store.
My daughter,who waited patiently from an hour,
asked,mamma why do you apply so much of make up on your face?
Sweety, I want to look more beautiful, everyone uses it,
and so am I, I said while the lady in the store giggled.
She took me to the mirror wiped all my make up and said,
I love my real mamma,who is simple and beautiful and not a painted one.
I PAUSED for a minute! Her words REFLECTED my thoughts!
While everyone clapped for us.
-Manasa Hegde