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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.