Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The Wait

How long will it take, for that day to arrive 

When the first thing you offer a tired guest

Will be a hug or a handshake

And not a sanitizer instead?


When will we sit around plates with feast

And fight with our spoons to dig into treats

Sip from cups without any fear

Of infecting or getting infected, again.


When will we have our sleepover nights

With all four friends cuddling in one bed

Inching in more closer to hear better

The more controversial, the topic gets.


When will we stop buying colour coded masks

And start flashing our yellow smiles?

When will life be normal again, 

And when will we be our abnormal selves...?

Sunday, October 4, 2020

A baby girl

A friend lost her child

Only last night

Another brings home hers

in a while. 


I cursed all Gods

As I tossed in bed

Unable to fathom

How a mother felt.


I thanked all Gods

When I was told

Though, unable to see

A new mom's dream.


For one I weep

To rest in peace

For the other I shed

Tears of joy.


Life comes a full circle 

In it - 'Who are we?'

Daughters to mothers

Or a mother to a child.


Nature has its way

We hardly have any say.

Like fools, we rejoice

Like fools, we cry.