Hugs - an Ode to My Mom!

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I so want to see you, touch you again
Open up the cupboard to take out your favourite saree
Bring it close and hug it tight
Try to smell you in the cloth that draped you
But all I can smell is mothballs!
Then I close my eyes and think of you
And a smile crosses my face
For I know that you are forever there with me
In my heart, in my thoughts
For that is where you belong...






Comments

  1. Purba chakraborty4 September 2018 at 03:09

    Can relate a lot.
    Very touching poem.

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  2. Anmol Rawat4 September 2018 at 17:04

    Moving! :)

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  3. Ishita4 September 2018 at 17:20

    Beautiful poetry.

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  4. Pooja Kawatra4 September 2018 at 20:11

    This is so beautiful and loved how the words are flowing in it. I am missing my mom right now.

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  5. deepti menon4 September 2018 at 22:17

    Mothers are so precious, aren't they? Your poem is so tender and touching. Your Mom will always be with you, in your heart and soul. God bless!
    #DeepTiesReads #MyFriendAlexa

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  6. Unknown4 September 2018 at 22:21

    A very touching poem. Mother's love is the purest form of love.

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  7. Harjeet Kaur4 September 2018 at 22:34

    I miss my mom too :( That was very simple yet emotional. #wordsmithkaurreads

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  8. Unknown5 September 2018 at 16:29

    Such a touching one. Moms are the best always.

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  9. Tina Acharya6 September 2018 at 19:59

    Touching!! I love my mother most.

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  10. Deepali8 September 2018 at 09:56

    Awesome lines indeed!

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  11. Preethi Venugopala8 September 2018 at 23:41

    Beautiful!

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