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The author through this poem wholeheartedly expresses her feelings about being a mother, living within a golden cage and much more.
Nah. I’m a blundering mom. Far from your images festooned with crisply folded sarees and crimson tainted hair partings. Imperfect, fat mom. With puny kids. But I make ends meet. End to end. Oh, I have a life; when the toddler is snoozing And the older kid goes schooling. In the wee bit of hours that squeeze in between, I cook, fold, clean, sip hot chai, read, fret and wean, and muse out loud. I’ve seen the Grandmom through this. I’ve seen Mom do her bit. As I run through the same golden cage I wish my offsprings break it. May the golden cage become history. May the exaltation stop. I’m stuck to a golden pedestal that hampers my climb atop (the Maslow’s) One day I’ll undo the fastenings and show my kids how to fly (and that I can fly) and that I create beginnings- apart from mock tests, food, havoc, stories, and sanctuary.
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Sindhu is a writer and a mother of two. A self-confessed bibliophile and a movie buff, she finds relief and meaning in doodling, cooking, escaping to hill towns, and her friends. A big fan read more...
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