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The myriad of emotions that a bride goes through when she enters a new phase in her life.
She walks around the ceremonial fire In all her finery, in her wedding attire. Eyes downcast, hooded, shy and coy Shining with and yet hiding her desire.
Demurely yet assuredly, behind the boy She walks, her sadness tinged with joy. Bedecked in gold jewels, attired in yellow Do unbidden emotions in her heart cloy?
Holding the hand of her chosen fellow She walks till the fire is muted, is mellow. Under golden lights of a flowered dome To the music of the shehnai, like a cello
Out of the mandap and into her new home The new bride walks, her steps don’t roam. She pays obeisance to the Gods, she bows And settles in for life, like the sun at gloam.
First published here.
Image is a still from the movie Hum Tum
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated read more...
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