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Evening's Slumber

by Kavita Bali

Published by the Northern India Patrika Newspaper (June 10, 2001).

The knotted rope of ancient times
Made for the cot she had for all times
 
The cotton web billowed above
To ensure safety from the hearty buzz
 
The clarity of the indigo skies
Marred only by the pageantry of the flies
 
Peacefully her silhouetted shoulders rose
As gentle lashes slumbered near her weathered nose
 
Her titanium hair of more than 90 years
Loosely braided, yet neatly tucked behind her ears
 
A wisp of a breeze was barely there
To quench the liquid heat so many feared
 
The textured caverns of her patterned hands
Remained as silken as a newborn's hands
 
Her defining plutonium demeanor

Sought out the coolness of an evenings slumber

 
The offspring of her offspring's offspring
Graced the home that was known to all
 
The early dew of pre-dawn's morn
Kissed the cemented mosaic of textured walls
 
There's a slight motion from within
One of the family has already arisen
 
The dance of the rambunctious crickets
fades away into the silence of the emerging mist
 
Tomorrow's duties would soon again be upon her
As she slept, the matriarch of the ancestral home

( Written in USA by Kavita Bali a week before her paternal grandmother 's death in India (Moghulsarai ).

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Published by the Northern India Patrika Newspaper (Sunday Edition, June 10, 2001). The newspaper is based in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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