MY MOTHER-1

 MY MOTHER-1

   ମୋ ବୋଉ 

In your funeral pyre

Burning my whole world 

My love and tears, wishes and ambitions

My past, present and future 

The dreams and dramas 

We shared over the years

When you closed your eyes

I lost my vision 

When you lost your ears

I lost my hearing 

When you lost your brain

I lost my reasoning 

The eyes that do not see you

The ears which do not hear you

The senses which do not feel you

Of what use are these?

Now I understand

What it means being truly orphaned 

Losing both the earth and sky 

In between which I have been all along

I am up against reality 

None in front none in the back 

None to my right none to the left

Life is silently  walking on fire

If you can see

See in your absence how

Sad and pathetic life is

How poor I have come

In few hours

I have become the most 

Unfortunate man on earth

A begar in fact 

I am speechless

The poor navigator 

In the boisterous sea 

Silently watching the boat 

Sinking in the deep-sea

And I am going deep down 

In the dark abyss.

Never thought of a life without you

How to reconcile to the reality

That you are no more 

No more with my smile and tears

Happiness and sorrow

You are in my heart

But I am miles away from you

Tell me! how can I bridge up the gap

And come near?

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty