Thanking You Poem by lalitha iyer

Thanking You

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little by little
I grew up
and smelt the sweetness of life
in my mother's cuddles
waking up in the morning
she used to fondle my face
and kiss my lips holding in her embrace
as I woke up from my dreams
my lazy lousy head drowsing
she will coo into my ears
that birds are calling my names
she will make me feel
as if the earth has dawned
just for me and just for her
stroking my cheeks
every new bird and new bloom
she will point out for me
and make my thoughts lively
her dosas, her idlis and her chutneys
every food tasted from her inner love
she oozed with an angelice grace
the coffee she poured, the bajjis she fried
the kolams she made and baths she does
everywhere she went, she spilled some aroma
i licked the world around, its loveliness
as mum used to plate it in my bosom
she died, she died leaving me the legacy
of how she viewed the world around
how the sparrow chirps
with tiny feet and tiny mouth
how it fed its chicks
and how it found its home
and made the place a Rome
how the clouds carried away
secrets of fertility
till the curved peaks
they crushed against and rained
how the full moon on love
with the suckling earth that lustily fed
upon her silky breasts raving mad
the raging maid the ocean tide
how the longing waves wanted to hug
the earth and all her siblings
jealous of earth loving not her
but the beings on her womb
how she mustered strength to march
and kill one by one the poor things
oh, there is more things silly to say
my world around and within
too silly yet they are mother's gift
mother till her last breath
still in her rest do speak
to me of volumes when I delight
seeing the simple wonders spinning light.

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