Motherhood : Poem
Vanita Thakkar is an Entrepreneur - an Engineer-Researcher-Consultant and an Artist - Singer-Composer-Poetess-Writer from Vadodara, Gujarat.
Motherhood
I was a little more than
Five years old,
Had not started
Going to school, yet.
Everyday,
I listened to the radio,
Heard songs –
Most of them Hindi Film songs ….
And was very impressed
By Lata Mangeshkar ….
One day,
Curious,
I asked my father,
“Pappa, does Lata Mangeshkar’s daughter
Also sing so beautifully? ”
“Lata Mangeshkar
Does not have a daughter.”
“Why? ”
“She is not married.”
“So what? ” ….
I wondered! !
I had the impression that
At a certain age,
Every girl becomes a lady
And a mother,
Bearing and rearing children ….,
A phonomenon as natural
And as matter-of-fact as
Flowering of plants, trees ….
“You are a fool! ”,
My not-so-elder,
But wise brother quipped
And unknowingly spared
Pappa’s adult answerlessness.
Later on,
I grew up,
Accumulated age,
And I saw,
Birth-givers
Not becoming mothers
And Motherhood
Craving in childless arms ….
And I wonder,
Where did It get trapped?
Where? ………..?
Where is It struggling?
On its way from
Doll-house to home?
Vanita Thakkar (12.07.2009)
© 2020 Vanita Thakkar
Comments
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Thanks, Ankita. Lots of love.
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Thanks, dear Peggy. Love and regards to you.
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Thanks, Soumak for coming by to read and for your nice comment.
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Thanks, Brenda for reading and commenting. Sincerely appreciated.
Ankita B on October 02, 2020:
A very powerful poem. Well written.
Peggy Woods from Houston, Texas on October 02, 2020:
I second what Rajan wrote.
Sannyasi Raja from Durgapur, West Bengal, India on October 02, 2020:
Deeply felt those lines.
Very well written.
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on October 02, 2020:
It is hard & sad to understand.
Good write.
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Yes, Rajanbhai. These lines are true and very sad.
Thanks for visiting and commenting. Much appreciated.
Rajan Singh Jolly from From Mumbai, presently in Jalandhar, INDIA. on October 02, 2020:
"Birth-givers
Not becoming mothers
And Motherhood
Craving in childless arms"
These are powerful lines. So true and so sad.
Vanita Thakkar (author) on October 02, 2020:
Thanks, Olusegun for your visit and comment. Much appreciated.
OLUSEGUN from NIGERIA on October 02, 2020:
Age teaches us to understand so many things in life. Good work.