INSIDE THE WOMB

INSIDE THE WOMB

Through my journey

In the vastness of eternity..

At last I am trapped…

..Inside the womb…

To honor a woman with maternity!!

How a tiny egg..

Becomes full fledged

For the life outside ahead

Is a miracle

Better experienced than said!!

When I begin my journey inside,

It’s a rough rugged passage.

Groping through its darkness

I keep on moving

Multiplying all the while

Till I can find a smooth site

for implanting myself….

Becoming a parasite

On my mother’s diet..!!

Soon I find to my surprise

Small limbs sprout

Out of my sides

Ticking with time

My heart too shouts

With a joy that

Living is  all about..!

Soon I can listen

to my mother’s sweet talk..

her sighs when I kick her belly

her worry when I don’t…!

For nine months I swim

In the gentle pond

Of my mother’s womb..

..so dark,serene and secure!!!

The journey inside has to end

Giving my mother

The pain that seems endless..

as I force  myself out

of the narrow passage

that widens to welcome

my departure….!!!

As my mother gives me

the final push,

Out I rush..

Preferring my head first.

Out at last

Someone cuts me off

From my roots

That nourished me

And suddenly I cry…

Not out of remorse

Not out of joy

I cry to make

My mother smile…!!!!!!

Harkiran