A child comes out of a mother's womb,
Lives the world and returns to a tomb,
Innocent vitality flows throughout the little one's body
With pristine smiles and meaningless tantrums,
Capable of muting all violins and drums
As the baby sprouts and grows,
Learns now to understand words and speak fluently in rows,
Knows how to eat on his own;
He is discretely detached from the motherly shade
As he fast climbs the stairs of education; strong and sleek
His twinkling fresh eyes now marginally weak
Books make him a 'wise' scholar
He gets a good job; white collar
Climbing up the corporate ladder
His life is a collage but busy and sadder
With passing time, Mother's warmth is gradually forgotten
For new found love he has now gotten
Wedlock signals maturity
When life's independence is at its peak
The loving mum now begins to have a symbolic presence,
Her unconditional craving for her offspring has lost its essence
Nevertheless, life goes on
Even at 50, worldly worries are far from gone!
As decades go by, the child becomes old
And the mother older
She once used to feed and care
Now has to just sit and stare
One fateful day she passes away
As subtle as the thin morning air!
Ultimately her elderly child realises,
The loss of the most precious diamond he visualises
Sadly, it is too late to regret
With his Alzheimer's disease compelling him to forget
In his last years he is again at someone's behest
The cycle continues in disturbing peace; east to west
He is back to the helpless state in which he has to rest,
Moribund with regret, happiness and regret!
-KAZIM
Lives the world and returns to a tomb,
Innocent vitality flows throughout the little one's body
With pristine smiles and meaningless tantrums,
Capable of muting all violins and drums
As the baby sprouts and grows,
Learns now to understand words and speak fluently in rows,
Knows how to eat on his own;
He is discretely detached from the motherly shade
As he fast climbs the stairs of education; strong and sleek
His twinkling fresh eyes now marginally weak
Books make him a 'wise' scholar
He gets a good job; white collar
Climbing up the corporate ladder
His life is a collage but busy and sadder
With passing time, Mother's warmth is gradually forgotten
For new found love he has now gotten
Wedlock signals maturity
When life's independence is at its peak
The loving mum now begins to have a symbolic presence,
Her unconditional craving for her offspring has lost its essence
Nevertheless, life goes on
Even at 50, worldly worries are far from gone!
As decades go by, the child becomes old
And the mother older
She once used to feed and care
Now has to just sit and stare
One fateful day she passes away
As subtle as the thin morning air!
Ultimately her elderly child realises,
The loss of the most precious diamond he visualises
Sadly, it is too late to regret
With his Alzheimer's disease compelling him to forget
In his last years he is again at someone's behest
The cycle continues in disturbing peace; east to west
He is back to the helpless state in which he has to rest,
Moribund with regret, happiness and regret!
-KAZIM
No comments:
Post a Comment