"THE LOVELY LADY OF MY CHILDHOOD"
O,
THE LOVELY LADY OF MY CHILDHOOD,
MAA,
MY HAPPINESS MY THRONE
WHERE ARE YOU?
THE BABY OF THAT TIME NOT YET GROWN.
I !
YOUR LOVE
STILL AN INFANT-
PEEP IN MY HEART,
FIND SAME DECENT.
ALWAYS SMILING FACE,
WITH GRACEFUL EYES,
O,
SOFT SPOKEN,
JASMINE IN SCORCHING HEAT OF MY LIFE,
WHERE ARE YOU?
O, MY LOVE
ENGINE OF MY THOUGHT,
YOU WERE WITH ME
WHEN I NEEDED YOU LOT,
MAA, IN GONE DAYS
BRIGHT SPOTS YOU
ON DARK BLACK WAYS.
UNFOLD LAYERS
LAYERS OF TIME,
FIND DEEP OCEAN
YOURS AND MINE.
DONT YOU REMEMBER
WORLD OF MY DREAM,
SCATTERED-
YOU APPEARED THERE
RESCUED ITS SHEEN.
O,
OLD LADY,
I AM ALL ALONE,
ADORE ME AGAIN,
O MY RHYME, O MY TONE.
WHERE ARE YOU
MY FIRST LAST PASSION
I AM IN GAME
WITH SORROW AND EXPRESSION,
ARE YOU THERE
TAKING MY CARE,
IS IT TO YOU KNOWN
I AM ALL ALONE,
O, OLD LADY
I STILL NOT GROWN.
NEED YOUR SHELTER
HANDS IN HAND,
YOU ARE MY GUIDE
YOU ARE MY FRIEND.
--PRADEEP SETH “SALIL