My Mother

I had a mythological tree 
Instead of having branches and leaves 
She had arms and hands smeared with care and love 
In her warm lap I used to laugh 
Used to get shadow and cool breeze 
In her eyes I saw kindness
 And heard songs of compassion in her voice 
Her face was like a piece of art 
I used to rush back home 
As she was the embodiment of peace 
She is no more 
No, I am wrong 
She is always here like a shadow of light 
Or she is in the scent of soil around 
Surrounding me from all sides 
And I see her every day in the mirror of my soul.

Today she flew down like an angel
And sat beside me like my own little daughter 
While she wiped out my cheeks and chin 
She laughed kidding me like a naughty girl 
As I was in tearful  eyes  remembering her .
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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