I Am Back Again At Twenty-Three Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

It seems
I am back at 23 again
When I got married
I was twenty-one
when brought my wife in Mumbai
then twenty-three
It was a new world of life
cooking for two
shopping for two
Two cups of tea
sleeping on a single bed
fantastic life
Then children came one by one
two became five
slowly they grew up
1BHK flat turned into 3BHK home
Then elder daughter got married
she moved away
younger daughter got married
she moved away
son got married
He too shifted at work place with wife
We became two again
again cooking for two
shopping for two
two cups of tea
sleeping on a single bed
It seems
I am back at 23 again.

Hyderabad
22-02-2021