Though I swim with my pretty duckling sisters, <br />Who are so sweet in making handsome material life, <br />I know, that I am ugly, but not in spiritual life! <br /> <br />Though I am chased away by my own sisters, <br />Who think that I am unfit to live a merry life, <br />I know, my true family is not this, but heaven. <br /> <br />Though I am given shelter by a few charitable, <br />Who would certainly expect my egg in future, <br />I know, Soul is the only one who expects nothing! <br /> <br /> <br />Though I am driven away from place to place, <br />Just because I look ugly and not fruitful, <br />I know, I have an eternal sanctuary deep within. <br /> <br />Though I must pass through the bitter winter of seclusion, <br />One day I too will swim in the tranquil lake of immortality, <br />With my own swan sisters, since I am not an ugly duckling.<br /><br />Raman Savithiri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/971-an-ugly-duckling/
