Sneaking your tears in the edge of your Saree
You made it look all so easy,
Ruffling your wails in the corner-most storeroom
Faking a smile from midnight to noon
You never let us miss Daddy.
You switched your side while I stretched my dream
You baked those breads before the sun was ready to scream,
You extra-pressured your swollen paws
To hold me higher
Ignoring neighbourhood guffaws
Your dreams were already on pyre.
While I watched the game of fire & rain
Mum, how did you hide that solitude
And camouflaged your pain?
I remember those chilly nights
When you held my icy feet with all might
When I walked out on you
To my friends, my other-life
To my not-so-prepped exams
You stood sleepless by my side.
When you rebelled to my stupidities
I misspelled your love
Your hope to better tomorrow
My shams added to your sorrow.
When your snuck out so quietly
I wondered it was a bluff
Fact stood there bitterly
And you turned lifeless in a puff,
Stone were the eyes
Heart no more to commit
My guts whimpered per nano seconds
To see your silent exit.
- Jheeni
