I wrote this sometime back, as a dedication for my mother. Just thought will share it here..
I still remember it..
Like a hidden fingerprint
The speech of her eyelids
Inside which I once lived
Holding on her little-finger
Hiding behind her slender figure
I grew around the feet of hers
Inside me, her flavor still lingers
Though the umbilical chord cut between us
I remained, for long, her disconnected foetus
When I touch her now, I deeply desire
To cuddle in her lap as in the yesteryears
When I failed my teacher's expectation
Or faced an uphill task in any examination
She prayed, fasted, shared my joy or tear
Showed me to this world, but remained in the rear
I think hard; what did I do in return..?
I never gave her even a piece of nickel or iron
She would ask me sometimes a thing or two
I usually forget, but her love only grew!
As I greyed in my temples and in the crown
When road becomes difficult and I bog down
I hear her whispering lips, now old and fragile
Blessing me, as ever, with her toothless smile.
I pray, I never loose her
I want to feel, see, hear her ever
They say, life is a one way bus
Is there anyway, HE can immortalize both of us..?
-TBT
