Visiting God
So the day was spent
It was almost dark
The exhausted woman walked
into the temple.
She had so many complaints.
There was the unreasonable boss,
the everyday challenges, the lies,
the fake smiles, the money issues,
the WhatsApp groups, the kid's homework,
the failed plans, the parents, their health.
Then there was the neverending pandemic.
As she walked in
there sat our man.
In stone, with the head of an elephant
and the body of a leisurely human.
Not concerned with fad diets.
She was angry
He seemed so far removed from her life,
her complicated life.
She decided to cook her favourite food at night.
She looked at him enviously,
so undisturbed by this world.
For a moment, she wished
for a life like his.
Away from all this hustle
and the unrelenting people around.
He did not look like he was competing with other gods.
Our man looked cool!
A smile crossed her face.
She said her thanks,
the stone looked happy too.
She made a mental note of things to buy
on her way home.
The priest came and offered her kumkum
She smeared it on her tiny forehead.
She said her byes and headed out
to her home.
The kid would be waiting.
She would return tomorrow.
About this poem
This poem tries to get a glimpse into the daily life of a middle-aged pious woman living in modern-day south India.
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Written on February 03, 2021
Submitted by aparna1087 on July 10, 2021
Modified by aparna1087 on July 15, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,117 |
Words | 212 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 11, 6 |
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