Mother,
I had thought I had lost you
when my earthly mother ascended to the heavens above
only to make me more aware of your presence
at all times,
everywhere.
How slowly you made your way into my life
even with my earthly mother
alive, bestowing upon me
all maternal love,
only when she went
did I realize
that all along
you were making me stronger
to make my pain lesser
in her permanent absence on earth.
I remember placing my head
in your white sparkling pure love laden lap
embracing me,
drowning all my despair
making me realize
all mothers are but
a manifestation of You,
of the Divine Mother,
of all the Mothers we pray and rush to
in our hurried materialistic lives.
My salutations to you Amma!
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Hi Shail, enjoyed the universal pathos in your poem, yet could feel the personal pain too. Good work ! May ‘amma’s hug ever protect you, comfort you…! May the Eternal Mother’s hug envelope the world in serenity and peace…
That was a touching poem, Shail. I could see the pain in between the words and the reverence you have for ‘Amma’. So long as you have this kind of love in your heart you will never be alone, Shail. You are and will always be blessed.
And sure you are going places. For my dear friend, the one and only Ambika Ananth, has commented on your poem.
Dear Ambika,
So nice to see you here reading and commenting.
Thanks so much for the appreciation and the blessing.
God Bless you too.
Shail
Dear Sridhar,
I remembered Amma more today because she is here in Chennai. I used to go and see her with my family when I was in Palakkad. I have lovely memories of those visits.
Thanks for your nice wishes Sridhar and yes, I feel very good that Ambika thought the poem nice enough to comment.
Shail, isn’t it wonderful that through your pain and bereavement you can feel ‘amma’s’ love? May the divine mother always fill your life with peace and love. Shall I relate something strange here? Collecting material for an article, I opened a website on Ma Anandamayee Ma and was captivated by the look of love in her eyes in the picture there. I felt I was looking into my mother’s and her sister’s eyes. Pure love can shine through even a lifeless picture!! It was overwhelming!
It was a touching poat because I for one cant think of a world without my ma and then if someone – Amma – could fill that ‘khalish’ void created by your mother’s passing away then that was great.
Very touching one Shail. Really it is very difficult to describe such feelings in words. But You have really done it.
thank you so much for sharing this, Shail. it’s perfect timing for me for my mother passed on eight years ago on Jan 26
you’ve written this poem beautifully and touched my heart deeply
blessings to you my friend
beautiful, Shail, it literally gave me goosebumps. a spiritual truth captured nicely here.
Shail, reading your poem I realized the importance of a spiritual guru in our lives to whom we can surrender totally and look up to in times of despair. Somebody who can guide you when you are clueless and too irrational in anguish. I am yet to find one to whom I can relate and submit completely.
The title of your poem itself is so soothingly apt that I was drawn towards it unaware. It is so difficult to find a substitutive figure for a mother and you have found one. Lucky you! Wonderfull reading the beautifully worded lines. There is an undercurrent of serenity in bereavement and loneliness too in the lap of spiritualism. Your poem touched me to the deepest core of my heart.
I an not sure about who the AMMA is but I can see the personal hurt you gone through .. God bless you and may god give you the strength to bear it all. Loved the poem so touching..
Dear Shernaz,
So good to see your comment here. Yes, indeed, the look in her eyes is full of warmth and it truly overwhelms you. Not just in lifeless pictures but in person too….
Hi Budhaah,
Thanks for dropping by. Yes, a mother’s place cannot be taken by anyone but when one is in the presence of Amma, one realizes the importance and triviality of earthly relationships…
Hi Hari,
Thank you. Yes, the feelings are difficult to describe….. The warmth that one feels is indescribable….
Dear Hope,
Call it Divine co-incidence. You are at the other end from here, yet, I get around writing this poem on this very day and it reaches you this day.
God Bless you too Hope.
Shail
Hi Sheila,
Nice you liked the poem. Thanks for sharing and dropping by….
Dear Geeta,
So nice that you liked the sentiments expressed in the poem. God has a plan for everyone. We are attracted or distracted by people or places according to our karmic links. So, it will be the same with all of us.
Thanks for sharing your emotions here.
Hi Bikram,
Even though you don’t know about Amma, it is nice that you could understand and feel the sentiment expressed in the poem. Thanks. Amma is known the world over as the Hugging Saint.
Thanks, Shaili for receiving amma’s blessings through this nice poems. She will give strength to your pen and happiness in life. Love.
Dear Mallickji,
So good to see you here. I can see your blessings too in this comment. Thank you.
powerful,
heartfelt words.
Thanks for sharing.
A++
Thanks dear Jingle. Glad you liked the poem…indeed felt from the heart.
Gentle.
A very beautiful tribute, Shail… We must learn to thank and show appreciation for all those that have helped us in any way… and this is a lovely example and a great way of doing that..
Very sweetly written, my friend..
Hi Kolembo,
Nice of you to visit. Thanks.
Dear Kavita,
Thanks for the lovely words. In fact, some tributes cannot just cannot be closeted in words. The emotion is too overwhelming for that…