There is a person, a very special one <br />For each one of us, she is second to none <br />It is well-established that like her, there is no other <br />She is the divine apparition we all know as “Mother” <br /> <br />She experiences great pain while giving us birth <br />In order to safely make us come to Earth <br />When she sees her newborn(s) , she weeps like a child <br />She vows to take care of them, when their bodies are mild <br /> <br />She feeds us, waits on us, with us she sleeps <br />In times of our illness, she silently weeps <br />She never lets us go, even for a brief period of time <br />When we feel sad, to us she recites a nursery rhyme <br /> <br />From her, we get encouragements, rebukes galore <br />As also stories which are part of fairy lore <br />She hits us, scolds us, in order to correct our wrongs <br />But afterwards she also breaks into a flurry of sweet songs <br /> <br />But what do WE do? When she becomes old, <br />And we grow up, we leave her out in the cold <br />We never listen to her, we feel she’s bossy and snooping <br />Her feelings are hurt, her shoulders start drooping <br /> <br />Our mother wonders, “What is my crime, <br />Why are my children deserting me at this time? ” <br />She starts feeling lonely, depressed and sad <br />She thinks her entire motherhood was bad <br /> <br />She leaves this world, a broken and hurt creature <br />Once upon a time, she was our greatest teacher <br />We wail and cry during her last rites, we sing and dance like bards <br />We don’t realize our indifference has killed her like broken glass shards <br /> <br />To all who read this, think of their mothers, I make a request <br />We may win, we may lose many things in life’s quest <br />But one thing we will never lose, remember, my brother <br />The love and faith of the divine apparition called “Mother”<br /><br />RONY PATRA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mother-the-divine-apparition/
