Miss you…Ma

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months

from the day you left us, never ever to return.

A dip in the sofa betrayed your favourite spot.

Replaced, removed, refurbished - yet memories can’t be blocked.

Clothes, jewelleries, handbags, even your brand new shoes,

given away to forget - yet nothing reduces my woes.

That chair in the dining hall or this side of the bed,

Stubbornly remains empty - dazed, lonely, disoriented.

Place where you created those heavenly recipe’s.

Now just a kitchen for life’s necessities.

That corner in the house, always filled with your chanting,

refuses to divulge, the way to your new lodging.

Days are spent in a daze, night fighting bad dreams,

stabbing endless pain and throttling unheard screams.

Do you know, do you care, do you even give a damn

Maybe you smile and think, “Baby!! What a sham”

You left so abruptly without saying “Farewell”

Yet will always miss you, Ma, from every fibre of my cells. 

Copyright: Shukla Banik 
First published date (Facebook) : March 23 2016