Tag: mothers
member name: Vinay Benjamin
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February 03, 2009 05:12 AM EST --
((This dedication to the memory of my mother had been posted months ago - but I'm reposting it as a tribute for a friend who shared a similar loss recently and had liked these lines when I first . . .
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March 01, 2009 06:27 AM EST --
She fed me from streams of love in her breast
Her tears soothed my fevered brow
Respect for peers I learnt at her knee
And of those aches that polish the soul
An ocean of patience overflowed . . .
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March 02, 2007 05:39 PM EST --
What a rude welcome, ‘twas,
On mama's load shedding day,
While she'd laboriously helped me arrive,
To my designated niche on earth
A horde of masked folk peeked at me,
Deftly snipped the . . .
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July 31, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
I’ve sat and pondered deep and long,
Why a baby should cry when it’s born?
Its’ first inhaled breath, a gasping wail,
To welcoming cradle of the world
Renews a new pledge continuing . . .
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March 01, 2007 02:39 PM EST --
The infant suckled contentedly,
Glued to his mother's breast,
Feet drummed the air in ecstasy,
Tender hands roved the naked chest.
A melody played in unison here,
Need and fulfilment synchronized, . . .
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