Category: Relationship Poem

Emblazoned…

droplet

Afloat, away, far afield

Emblazoned….

The pure, pearly water droplet

Set sail on the stray lotus leaf

Strangers…

When the wind hampered its path

The drop scattered to unite;

When the sun reached out

The drop magnified the green;

A little blow to one

Saviour, they could not be to the other.

When they perish

Unite they, being one with Nature

Said Soul to Body

“Let’s remain afloat, away far afield,

And I remain emblazoned…”

Published in: In Knowing (2015)

Copyright© 2015 Deeya Nayar-Nambiar

Bonding

mother and child
A reprint copy of Raja Ravi Varma’s painting “Krishna in the Lap of Mother Yashoda”

Stood below a banyan tree in the vicinity

On a cloudy night where lightning flickered

I envisaged the lighting across the street

Adorned to welcome the festival of light

And the wail of the newborn shrilled the air.

The roots set to bond deep

Through tap roots and prop roots

Offering to nourish and nurture

Nature leads and instincts act

And a mother is born.

Copyright© 2015 Deeya Nayar-Nambiar

Remembering

wither

Haven’t said a word,

Merely stared;

Care not what they meant.

Bubble burst into millions –

Invisible;

Yet, felt a million nerves.

The wind’s delicate stroke

Appeared a warning;

Passing thoughts arrested,

I wiped the sensation –

Tickle;

Yet, couldn’t stop my heart.

Haven’t heard the beat

Merely hoped;

A minute by minute passage –

Cease;

Yet, remained alive and I breathe;

Remembering a life.

Copyright© 2015 Deeya Nayar-Nambiar

A Decade

Knowing

Ten Years…

Two strangers get introduced

Formally;

Knowing you, knowing me.

Two families meet

In agreement;

Uniting him, uniting her.

Ten years….

We recall the journey

Of acceptance, adjustments

And selflessness in

Loving you, loving me.