WOMAN
[A woman besides giving birth to a baby; also cradles a baby dream, nourishing it with the nutrients that she can barely afford and witnessing her creation multiplying manifold. This poem celebrates the spirit of womanhood as the harbinger of hope, peace and love!!!]
How does a woman live every day?
Daily…
She nurses a muse
A baby inside
She’d beg, borrow, steal….
Doesn’t matter as long as it’s in the womb!
She…..
Knits a tale of…
Tiny feet, dancing on the beat of anklets
Lips, unstoppable, imitating hers, ‘Maa’
Eyes, twinkling, generating interest-
And then; one day….
Emerges her offspring
The fruit of all toil
Feet, lips, eyes…
Immobile, grim and closed…
She’s the giver
Gently placing her heart on hers’
Gifts her a beat
The baby cries….
The world applauds…
That’s how a woman lives every day!
With dreams, labour and its happy fruit!!!!
With a penchant for writing, Oshin Gulsia, a research scholar pursuing a doctorate in Food Business Management at NIFTEM, Sonepat, is also a budding poet. At 19, she published ‘Nature and Poetry: An Anthology’. Her writings have appeared in Akashganga & Different Truths magazines, and in poetry compilations InkDrift & The Stage. A native of Himachal Pradesh, she also writes scientific articles.
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