Tears - the Safety Valve of the Heart

A woman in rags with beautiful skin
Rusticity seen all over looking for a job 
To her the village sky was too small to win
She wanted to soar in a city sky to probe.

Moved to the city so many miles apart
With her husband & daughter with wishes.
After some years the life gave a good start,
Her husband was attacked by paralysis

Lying in broken bed numb as a wound
Her salty tears deforming tiles of the premises
A life’s funeral procession was on its round
The man who loved her tore her to pieces.
 
She was still a beauty, accepted another
He made her laugh till she was in tears all
To her soul tears were like summer shower
She was happy that tears were enthralled. 

As the time passed when her beauty doomed
Embellishing her neck and wrists with jewels
Used rouge, kohl and hair artfully combed
No semblance of the beauty with which she ruled

Heard the heavy steps on stairs in the night
Leading but to the bedroom of her daughter
Tears in eyes, heart torn, killed him with spite
Again cure for her was salty sweat and tears.
                 
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April 4, 2014
Form : Rhyme
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Selfa Avatar
February 8, 2016 at 8:35 AM
A real heartfelt poem Dr. Ram! Congratulations! :) -HANS
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February 7, 2016 at 3:18 PM
My heartfelt congratulations on you win, Dr. Mehta. I love a storyteller with such talent and golden quill! It's a very tragic story and you narrate it so brilliantly. It has been a pleasure to read a poem written by a gifted writer such as you. Best Wishes, Andrew.
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February 6, 2016 at 6:39 AM
dr ram, Stopped by to congratulate you on your awesome poem. **SKAT**
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February 6, 2016 at 3:05 AM
DR Ram. Congratulations on your "Heartfelt poem." Take Care ~LINDA~
Gibson Avatar
April 20, 2014 at 8:24 PM
Wow! Such a sorrowful and passionate story well told.
Dom Avatar
April 4, 2014 at 8:04 PM
Such a sad tale here. Very thoughtfully written.
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