Last year, this time
My mother was alive
Last year, this night
I was not an orphaned child.
It's a year on the morrow...
Time hasn't flown
There has not been a day
Her demise, I haven't mourned.
Memories and thoughts
Are in a constant brawl...
Some reminders, many regrets
Linger even as night falls.
Days were not enough
I will never be done
I cry as I reminisce
My mother,
...who'll never come.
- Geetha Raj
A drop of tear remains
At the corner of my eye
When I wipe it away
Another one finds it's way.
Unshed, it's there
Reminding me to cry
Of hearbreaks, bad days
Of things going astray
I've made friends with this constant
I've just let it be.
For when everything in life was fleeting
This tear drop chose to stay.
No matter the country,
the language,
the region
No matter what party,
its leaders,
their faith,
No matter their age,
their colour,
their creed,
No matter the century
or even the judiciary...
Women remain
persecuted, mutilated, raped.
Women remain silenced,
confined, condemned.
The common enemy -
we, women remain.
They expect - you provide
You expect - they snide
What, in relationships, do humans find?
Disappointments aside, it's heartbreaks, and unhealthy minds.
Hopping from one bond to the next
Hoping this one will pass the test
Only to realize, giving up would be best
Comply, oblige, your aspirations can rest.
Misery is a great companion, I believe
In its offerings, consistent, it has always been
It's doesn't fake promises
It doesn't take you high
It assures grief and delivers everytime!
Hug your sweet heart
Cry with all your might.
No one's coming to save you
So, build your shield, high...
With time you'd turn stone
And probably, even survive.
- Geetha Raj
I miss you so much
Mother of mine
I just want you to hold me
And go back in time
I'm no longer the person
You had left behind
With you, I lost more of myself
Than words can ever describe.
I'm sorry for what life gave you
I feel I'm the reason behind.
The world has abruptly ended
Never gave me a chance to revive.
Days come and go
Sleepless nights pass by
I have stopped crying
The tears have also dried
To be as strong as you, I try
Your tiny frame, always defied
There is no rhyme or reason
For me to even survive .
What wouldn't I give in return
To see your smile, fragile
Shouldn't have let the fires take you
Shouldn't have lit the funeral pyre.
Everyone loves for a reason
But yours came with no ties
You hugged me when I was good
Tad tighter when I didn't make you proud.
I can assure you, I'm no good now
I reach for you from the hallows
Pick me up while I'm still trying
For not much longer, I'll be survive.
What gives us a moment of courage
...also makes us live in eternal fear.
What causes mighty revolutions
...also keeps us from taking strain.
What pushes us to explore
...also stops us from the door.
What helps form healthy bonds
...what breaks them badly too!
What puts us through struggles, relentless
...promising an Utopia which never comes.
What gives us a hope for the future
...also drives us into depression.
What shows that with death it doesn't end
... but that with death, it only begins.
A myriad of emotions - us humans
...yet isn't pain the only constant?
