EMOTION IN VERSE: Barren Thoughts by Shail Raghuvanshi

Lost without a heir

I suffer poisonous taunts

For a belly gone barren.

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Praying, begging for a gift

Of life, a child

To light my funeral pyre.

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I accept now

That I am not the chosen one.

Having other duties to fulfill.

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My child, my life

All that I ever wanted –

My only reason to live.

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I watch my children

Gurgle, gaze and stare

At me in glee.

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My child is a big boy now

He leads his life, I mine.

Would I have been better without?

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Two women,

Sharing a common strand

Of want, hurt, need –  of barren reflections gone haywire!