Happy Mother's day, mom! :)

The day, your dearest man left me in you,

Say, when my presence within, first pained you!

Pray! For people to care and support…very few;

A prey, you become; my father’s color very true!

The day your dearest man left me and you,

May – the month, you let your kin bury you;

Lay I, betrayed, not knowing even to argue

Grey, was my brightest day; earth, I wished to bid adieu!

The day I realized your state so sorry, I grew;

The way you felt your skin, happy… me within you!

A ray was your hope on me, even when I mew

Hey, dearest mother! in my love I felt you!

Array, were my problems in; my age still blue,

To pray or to face my fate, I hadn't a clue.

Nay, the fights of your heart, never did I view

Hey, dearest mother! in my courage I felt you!

Fray, was the world like, I wanted to subdue;

A pay got everything amidst cry and hue

A dray, you pulled and me, with grit, sans shoe

Hey, dearest mother! in my will I felt you!

This day my tiresome soul, leads me towards you

Pray, to see my dear mother, just one eternal view;

Hurray! Here I come to heaven – ‘my turn to foster you!’

Hey, dearest mother! now WITHIN ME I FEEL YOU.

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This is a poem I penned exactly 10 years ago for a poetry competition my brother participated in. A lot has changed since then - my brother is now a 'man' and writes his own poems, orkut doesn't exist, Osama has been neutralized, India has won the cricket world cup, i think so much more about what the h*#k I'm doing with life, and the list goes on...10 years is a long time and it takes its toll on everything that comes its way...except of course, a mother's love, my mother's love - very very cliché but very very true! 

Mom, ten years ago I wrote this and my brother read it to a huge audience you weren't a part of. Today, we gift it to you. Dad, Praveen and I wish you a very happy mother’s day. You are the best! J