Mangoose Mother Poem by lalitha iyer

I am old now;
my limbs stiff
my heart stuck
emotions ruined
memories wiped
youth deleted
passions filtered
reactions checked
attractions killed
actions frozen
words refined
cautioned behaviour
commercial sentences
competitive lies
fatigued brain
and fashionless spine

As I weep alone
sobbing for a soul mate
I could watch the mangoose mum
with her little love
tailing to her tail
what a glued affection it is!
It is a beauty
to feast upon
the sight of oozing love
love sans conditions and intentions
entwined mom and baby mangoose
stop, stopped, sit, sat
hush, silent, alert, into the hole.
what a beauty
the love coverage
in the material world of promotions
no cash can encash mothers love

Watching through my windows to greens
I lick the treat of mother's love
shielding harm of alien predators
always you can spot a mother from others
her life is a red signal, lit throughout
no, means no, the world is insecure
the message deeply injected
generations to generations
mother's message is crystal clear;
dont trust strangers
watch out unusual sounds
and shelter my babe shelter
protect, my darling, protect
dancing with her darlings
she will, when green covers her full and filling
I smell my mom in mangoose mom
Oh dear, mom is God on earth
fathers mother mothers
yet, mothers are mothers dear.