Sudha’s Grandma sent word <br />To Dhamayanthi to send <br />Little Sudha to attend <br />Chores at her end. <br /> <br />Granny’s home was <br />Six kilometers away. <br />Sudha would go by <br />Boat, feeding her eye <br />With blissful blue sky. <br /> <br />Her mind would dance <br />With waves’ merry glance. <br />She would enter a trance <br />Singing devotional songs <br /> <br />One fine day when <br />Sudha asked for boat fare <br />Dhamayanthi showed no care. <br />But asked ‘Who you are? <br />A college student to ask for <br />Boat fare! …walk hereafter.’ <br /> <br />Sudha was not upset! <br />She thought mother might be right. <br />She never felt bore, <br />While walking by shore, <br />Singing from heart core <br />To attend Granny’s chore. <br /> <br />As she walks all alone <br />Noticed by no one, <br />She would call out, <br />‘Krishna! Abandon me not! <br />Come running to lift <br />Me from this dirt <br />Of pleasures and transgressions.’ <br /> <br />She would writhe as fish <br />Out of water and wish <br />To join Krishna as inundation <br />River gushing towards ocean! <br /> <br />Unable to bear the separation <br />From her beloved shepherd- <br />Krishna, she would fall flat <br />On shore abiding waves’ beat! <br />Mother Ocean would sprinkle, <br />By her wave hands wrinkle, <br />Salty water on Sudha’s face, <br />To bring her to normal pace! <br /> <br />Thus Sudha would reach, <br />Granny’s home through beach, <br />After having a divine drench, <br />To do backbreaking tasks. 281008<br /><br />Raman Savithiri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/904-avataar-aanandamayi-06-granny-s-call-281008/
