MOTHER

Pronab Kumar Majumder

In a moment

Constraints and Constrictions

Of sufferings

Writ large on her face

Disappeared.

Liberated soul

Did a distant flight

With what agonised the body.

What a satisfaction and relief

On her lips and

Semi closed eyes,

How secure is the

Unwrinkled forehead!

The kind cheeks forgiving all.

To whom the body belongs now?

Any mother? Mother of anybody?

Or just human remains?

It is a poem, which touches our hearts and strikes a universal note. The poet’s mother passed away on July 5, 2001. Her presence is stronger now than at any tone!

-Editor

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