I see my reflection…
In my aging parents.

They’ve grown so old.

The mirror tells me
It’s time to age
Gracefully…

If I look ugly,
There’s one consolation
My hubby will always
Love me.

(Poem themed on Aging)

Togetherness

Over the years
We’ve grown
Together…
He says:
He loves me
More than
Ever…

I don’t know
What love is.

I say,
I need him...
Just as ever!

Stranger

Walking on the
Streets of
Leigh-on-Sea,
I think about my
Identity back at
Home, that gives me
Some solace and
Security…
For here, I’m
A stranger,
Just as every
Person is a
Stranger
To me.

(Poetry themed on Obscurity)

Partiality

It’s a weird world.
You kill thousands
Of people, win the
War, come back
Home. You are
Hailed a hero.

You kill one person
In your personal enmity.
You are branded
A murderer.

It’s amazing
How we ‘humans’
Killers of so many
Animals for food
And science,
Judge one another
As per our lop-sided
Self-serving, laws of
The land.

(Poem themed on Laws)

Grudges

Life is too short
To bear grudges
They say.

But I wonder…
Why life makes you
Struggle so much
That you have
Grudges.

Wish life was one
Sweet sailing…
With happy memories
And no grudges.

All the above poems are Copyright © Aparna Chatterjee 2012

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