Into this coil of
ignorance immense;
My childish wails she
heard with love intense
She cared for me- a
goddess in true sense;
She spread the fragrance
of love like a rose
Her little elf, oh me,
she chose.
2. My wearisome pranks she put up with
ease
Despite my fretful
tricks, she did not cease
To treat me with her
loving care;
She lavished all her
love, a lion’s share;
The sweetest memories of
love she gave
My reckless acts of youth
she forgave.
3. My youthful fiery temper swift slowed down
By buffetings of fate and
destiny’s frown;
The muse with motherly
love lulled me to rest
The wine of poesy on my
parched lips she prest;
She pulled me out from
these hard factual shocks
She soothed my soul, a fresh spring gushing from rocks.
4. I strove through mad competitive
world
I found meet haven in
books which unfurled
Past glories with noble
feelings suffused;
To throbs of misery, I
got well used
A quiet limpid sublime strain
I saw
In ancient masters great
without a flaw.
5. In flights of fancy myself immersed I
got lost
And yet, no height of
maturity I got
Whatever I felt I wrote
without forethought;
A flood of momentary
flash I caught;
New links of family ties
engaged my mind
Through kids I relived my
past that I left behind.
6. Not a small measure of love from
friends I had
They made me enjoy their
company glad
An interval of mirth in
them I found
Amidst the dreary
mechanical round
Yet future seemed an
unpredictable mist
Desires grow on- an
unending list.
7. The tender touch of warmth indeed I
found
In family links though
duties bound
Me fast with advancing
age; I had
The luck of timely help
from gracious Lord
The touch of righteous
and wise souls who blest
Me with their noble thoughts and my heart imprest.
8. I wait for the tender touch of God
Before my warm breath leaves
this dusty sod
His sin-dissolving touch
so rare
If his mighty will
condescends to spare
Ere the cold touch of
dark mother’s kiss on my brow;
I wait, a lazy pilgrim for Him,
though slow.
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1st April, 2024 Somaseshu Gutala
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