The little girl is now in her teens
Although a little awkward, she does what she believes,
Treading her way, finding her path
Life is a little bit jumbled right now
Parents and teachers are just all fine
It’s the friends, who are difficult to handle all the time
First crushes and the breakages come along
Life is a little bit jumbled right now
She comes back from school with a mood that’s sour
Shuts herself in a room and cries for long
“Im going to bed, I don’t want food”
Life is a hell jumbled right now
Her mother is a silent spectator
Angry with the way life is dealing her baby
She too has been through this and so she agrees
Life can be a little jumbled sometimes
She knows her baby needs a cuddle
A little love can clear the muddle
She knows everything will be alright
When she tucks her in for the night
She knocks at the closed door
And is greeted with an angry “GO!!!!”
“How many times have I told you,
Im really sick and tired of you…..”
Hurt and in despair, the mother backs out
Knowing that its best to stay away
She continues to worry, but that too from a distance
She misses her daughter, who hugged her at each instance
And said…..“Mommy mommy tuck me in…”
Such that the dragons of those bad dreams
Cant take me away when I’m asleep
and I sleep a sleep that’s deep
Years have passed, the teenager now grown,
Leaving the pleasures of her dear home
Settled for a job that is far away
“its necessary” is what they say…
She wakes up one night, it’s a horrible dream
There is nothing right, or so it seems
There are dragons all around (or are they within ? )
I wish somebody would tuck me in!
I wonder why I need it now
The silly games of childhood seem so forlorn
Until I realize its my mother I miss
How I wish she would tuck me in!
Sleep comes but not too easily
The guilt in the chest makes it hard to breathe
just for tonight, any other day I wouldn’t insist
How I wish somebody would tuck me in!
“tujha majha jame na tujhya vachun karme na”
Abha Deshkar
5/1/2012
6 comments
Deep. Really Deep!!
Hey,
the poem is really nice. Can i post on my facebook wall, if u don’t mind.
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Dharmadas.. Thanks.. And yes you can certainly post it on fb… but do provide the link to our blog such that more people come and read it from the blog…
Thanks again and keep reading! 🙂
Thanks! I posted it on my wall.
https://www.facebook.com/dharmadas.mohite
hey abha,
another beautiful poem… 2 good.