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VxPoem ID: 34503
Category:
personal_life
Posted: October 24th. 2008 10:52:16 AM
Views: 232 |
Ma
by June Nandy
Age Group: Adult
You, Gentlewoman
sat at the table, sipping Darjeeling tea
like an eighteenth century painting
the window behind, framing you
I was then, just a young camera
the long shots made you romantic
with the close ups, always classical
I could never edit you
you came across as fragments
in silhouettes, in shadows
in hints, in hurts
sometimes smaller than me
I read you as a thermometer
your silent mercurial blob
moved up…down, while you
hummed a folk tune like a
broken record player
the nights went to you without moon
I knew it, seeing your jet black eyes
your obedient black tresses
your sulking room
in the kitchen
the stove made you red
the smoke watered your eyes
while you straightened the tuberoses
now, when I see
a Bible, near a lone lighted candle
a Gita, on a rosewood book holder
an Azaan, wafting through the air
I know, you have made a home in me
You- a peace
You- a beauty
You- tolerance
You- goodness
You- god like
You- mine
Me- proudly yours.
Author's Location: Calcutta, India
More Poems: June Nandy has posted 16 additional poems- View them?
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