The Sigh of Autumn
The rains have washed away
all the streets and uprooted the trees
while the grass stays covered with raindrops
making the water seep inside the shoe's skin
There is a mother who stands at her doorstep
She waits for her children to come back
cares and cleans their muddily drenched clothes
and washes their hair with soap
it has taken all her time, to leave her
with the thought of nothing but them
She cooks daily and listens to dailies
this is how she spends her time 15 years later
no other care in the world but
obsessed with her midlife crisis
she has forgotten her dreams were once killed
when she got married early.
All through the years she never once regretted
but today when the rains have departed
she discovers she could be what she couldn't be
and now she wants her children to be.
the sigh of autumn
comes in life
when dreams are mirrored in other lives
The old man wanted to pursue law
instead works in a bank.
he has built a world with his two kids
and makes them study what he left on a page, blank,
his children listen to him carefully
when he retells his story
to them it is a new discovery
of what their father could have been
the sigh of autumn
comes when the leaves dry out
your dreams are visited in the catacombs
and now he is older and another on the bed
they could be more but they like
to laze and order from there......
and they don't have regrets
just different stories to tell
the sigh of autumn
is whispered when their little ones
get tired of them...........
The sky darkens
ignited by the lightening
a few people stand on their balconies to watch
a family sits and plays card
and another day another say
Sigh if you like, the autumn will go by
until it reappears..............
Copyright © Purandhya Sharma | Year Posted 2010
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