Happy Mother's Day

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She was getting prepared for the D-Day.

Everyone told her about the joy,

But no one warned her about the pain.

Everyone told how her life was gonna change,

But no one told her about the sleepless nights she gonna have.

Everyone told about the happy feeling of being a first timer,

But no one shared the troubles they faced as first timers.

With dreams in eyes, she got ready

When the pain shot through her,

Her family rushed her to the labor room.

And after hours of pain,

She finally delivered a beautiful little mite.

One look at her and she forgot her nine months discomfort,

The hours of pain she just experienced

Just vanished.

She loved the touch of her wet hand.

But she had many thoughts in her mind.

How will she manage?

Will she be a good mother?

With all the thoughts clouding her mind,

She looked at her daughter

Who gave her a toothless smile

And a fist in the air.

She couldn't believe,

She has become a mother

On mother's day...

Happy Mother’s Day she told herself.

R for Raksha Bandhan

She looked at the smooth silky threads, 

longingly...

Those dazzling diamonds and sparkles, 

the cute, eye-catching designs...

Every year she breezes through all the designs,

To pick up that one special thread for him.

Even though she knows...

He is no more

But still 

Her heart says,

'He will be home this Raksha Bandhan'

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O for Oblivious

She sat on a bench in a park,

Squeals of delight felt like the sweetest music to her tired soul.

The ruckus she saw, was the cutest sight to her sore eyes.

One moment she was enjoying and smiling,

But the next moment she felt a dull ache in her heart…

With a heavy heart, she gets up,

She pushes the wheelchair ahead,

Which seated her little princess,

Oblivious to both,

The ruckus of the kids

And also to the mayhem in her Mom’s heart.

M for Mid-Summer Rains

The Petrichor on the sun scorched earth

Smelled divine.

It brought in a feeling of freshness.

But,

Rains in mid-summer???

Looks like,

Up above,

Someone is also nursing a Heart-break...

G for Granddaughter

He eagerly waited for her arrival,

Nervously pacing up and down the corridor,

He had waited for this moment for long.

And then she arrived...

He held her close,

for the first time.

He was mesmerized by her...

With her Shiny Doe-shaped eyes

She was staring at him.

And,

He Fell in love...

With the little bundle of joy,

His first grandchild,

His Granddaughter...

She was his love...Love at first sight.

E for Ego

Last night they had fought again…

He stepped towards her,

To apologize for his unruly behavior yesterday,

But his male ego rebuked,

“You are her husband,

Why should you apologize?”

Here, she was thinking,

“Should I let go this time too?”

But her self-respect admonished,

“Why every time you have to make amends first??

Wasn’t it his mistake this time?”

And so she mundanely carried out her daily chores.

In the tug-of-war between ego and self-respect,

Their long-cherished love

Flew out of the window.