Mother

Mother, she called to me
Mother, she beckoned me
Mother, she held her arms out
Mother, she held me tight
After many long years
Her face I saw again
For one brief moment
Happiness, she gave to me
In her lap, my first words were spoken
Under her gaze, my first steps were taken
She blessed me with a good life
And said goodbye before I could remember
When I saw her again, after many a year
She held out her hand, and guided me in
My home, my world, my first breath of air
She gave it all back to me
And under her watchful eyes
I took a giant step
I looked back as I went down the new road
Mother, tears in her eyes,
She smiled at me...

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2010 at 10:09 PM

    Nothing can be as beautiful and full of emotions as this.

    Love it. :)

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  2. ShivaniJune 15, 2010 at 10:09 PM

    Nothing can be as beautiful and full of emotions as this.

    Love it. :)

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  3. Brian MillerJune 15, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    ah, such tight emotions you weave...nice.

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  4. Arnab MajumdarJune 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    @ Shivani... This came to me when I revisited the city I was born in - Jaipur. I've been meaning to write this since that time itself, but a lot has been going on, and finally got it done today.

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  5. anupriyaJune 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    love it.it's pure.i see ur love 4 ur mom n delhi in this :). love 4 mother is d purest form of any feeling ever.

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  6. Arnab MajumdarJune 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM

    @ Brian... Thanks... Meant to write this for a long time, I owed it to the city where life began for me :)

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  7. Arnab MajumdarJune 15, 2010 at 11:47 PM

    @ Anupriya... I think I should put a little notice below, otherwise a lot of people would think that I wrote this for Delhi. This one actually came to me while I was in Jaipur, especially since it was in Jaipur that the first steps towards Mumbai began...

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  8. sakhii••June 16, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    soulful.

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  9. Arnab MajumdarJune 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM

    @ sakhii... Thanks :)

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