The River Gomati-Win
O grandma *Gomati, was born on thy bank
And born of a mother bearing your name
On all the yesterdays your water I drank
Am still the part of your pattern and frame.
My blood flows in thy stream meandering
It’s a kind of earthly immortality,
I stand by you and feel kinship endearing
Know not much about gods but your affinity
I learnt to strive, to sink and to seek depth ever
Simply Hydrogen and Oxygen doesn’t make water
Something third is needed to make you what you’re
Nobody knows except you Ma and your Creator.
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Dr. Ram Mehta
June29, 2011
Twelwth Place win in
Contest: best dedication poem by P.D.
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*Gomati is the name of the river in Gujarat State of India. My home town Dwarka
where Lord Krishna ruled once, is on the bank of River Gomati.
My mother too was born there and she was christened as Gomati after the name of the river.
Please click on the links below to see the pictures of River Gomati and the town Dwarka
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