from your crib to my coffin
SAMIKSHA SANTOSH DHAMDHERE 2004 (MUMBAI)
I KEPT YOU IN MY WOMB
FOR NINE MONTHS I MADE IT A PERFECT HOME
I DREAMT ABOUT EACH AND EVERY THING
THE WAY YOU'LL CRY AND HOW YOUR EYES WOULD BLINK
WHEN I SAW YOU FIRST WALK
AND THE WAY YOU FUNNILY TALKED
I COULD'VE BET MY LIFE THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU UTTERED MAA
I RAISED YOU LIKE I FLOWER ; SO THAT YOU COULD REACH YOUR LIFE'S PINACLE;
BUT DEAR NOW I AM OLD
NOW I NEED YOU WHEN I HAVE COLD
I JUST REMEMBER OUR SMILES
I'M SORRY BUT , I AM FORGOTTEN OF YOUR DISLIKES ;
I NEED YOU BY MY SIDE ; AT MY LAST BREATH JUST BEFORE A SECOND I DIE
I WANT YOU TO HOLD MY HAND
AND HELP ME STAND;
I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A HUG BEFORE I FALL FOR THAT SLEEPY DRUG;
SORRY FOR THETIMES I'VE BEEN WRONG
AND YES WHEN I DIE BE STRONG.
About this poem
this poem depicts the relationship between a mother and her daughter , from the day she is born to the day when her mother dies
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Written on June 03, 2020
Submitted by samatsail2004 on September 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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