Ma,
We share a rather tempestuous relationship
You and I.
I seem to do no right
And we hit the rough notes
Often enough
But this I know
That no matter what
You have always been there
In private
You berate me often enough
I will be hitting forty
A couple of birthdays down
But it takes just a glance
From you
To send me packing to four!!
Yet
There could not have been
A more ferocious
Tigress with a cub
Or a Grizzly with hers
It has not been easy for you
Raising me
But you have stood by me
Rock solid
No matter what
It was tough
Facing the odds
That were stacked
Against you
You bore all the pain
Sacrifice came easy to you
For my sake.....
Saying I don’t
Want to be like you
Is perhaps nothing
Just a reflection
Of my own inadequacies
And the insecurity that gnaws
Telling me that I cannot be
Half the mother you were
And continue to be
Love you Ma,
Wish you a very
Happy Birthday
8 comments:
Lovely. Touching to read it and see these pics. Yeah...she is a tigress!
wow...nice muthu.. did you read it to her?
yes, may be the cub that you are...she has to be a tigress!
all the more impressive your poem is,
now that the cub is mother of two!
another tigress in the making...!
very touching.. and apt...!
It's really very touching and well written :) good wishes to aunty.
Grr and snarl....the daughter would understand the lingo..good you wrote it.
Tulsacs....thanks re. Writing it was quite cathartic...
Bojawa - thank you. Love you for taking time to read my blog and commenting as well. I showed it to Mom but she did not read it....just looked at the pictures....
Thank you Pravs....conveyed your wishes....
Sumi....maybe someday the daughters of this daughter may also write this......
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