LIKE A MOTHER’S AFFECTION

The snow white kitten lay on her lap

enjoying her warmth and affection.

Like a mother

fondling and showering

kisses on her baby

singing lullabies

in her/his ears

making him/her fall asleep

she would often lift the

kitten and  rain kisses on him/her,

in the process she experienced

the fulfillment of a mother’s dreams.

The kitten shadowed

her wherever she went 

they would sometimes

play hide and seek for fun’s sake.

She would often lapse

into sort of gloom and silence

on pondering

over her impending marriage with a

handsome youth

bidding farewell to everyone at home

including her kitten

her dearest friend  at home

 to the bridegroom’s abode.

That painful feeling

often made her eyes

go moist and a lump in the throat feeling

overpowered her.

At last

she would turn philosophical

about the ultimate truth

nothing other than life.

In the life of everyone

separations and reunions

are part and parcel

of one’s existence.

Thus

she would draw solace

and fall into deep sleep….