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The Crowning Glory!

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Am flustered, am worried, 'coz am losing my hair And my wife is behaving as if she just doesn't care! Am yet to touch fifty, ain't yet not in my golden year But my hair is fast disappearing which I just can't bear! Wifey looks at me and smiles, says why am I in despair  So what if I am losing some strands of silky hair! She loves me for who I am and not for how I appear  And that's why she's behaving like she just doesn't care! I look at her and smile, I know that she would always be there It won't actually matter whether I do or don't have hair! Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow! ______________________________ P.S.: These lines were penned with inspiration from an actual conversation at home. Made this out as a fun element, but something which gives a very important message at the end. People who love you will always be there for you, irrespective of your physical attributes, social standing ...

Hugs - an Ode to My Mom!

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...

Identity - an Ode to Dad

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I am but just a part of You A drop in this sea of humanity Brought forth into this World by You Your blood, Your Flesh, Your Name My Identity , I inherited from You An Identity this World knows me by You ARE my Creator, My Teacher, My Preserver I AM, because YOU WERE... Disclaimer: Blog may contain promotional material

Heartbeats

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I am still beating rhythmically  The beats though, supported by a machine  But I don't find myself in my usual place Can feel something freezing around me I look closely and find myself enclosed in packs of ice Looks like I am been carried somewhere in a box Am I going to get a new abode?  I wait patiently till I can feel myself getting lifted  And placed in my new abode With doctors frantically rejoining my wiring afresh My wiring fixed, I slowly start beating on my own I am welcomed with smiles all around I feel pleasantly surprised  No one asked me for my name, sex, caste, religion Or do these not matter now?  I wonder, even as I keep beating rhythmically!