Here are some more 🙂 Some of them could be altered versions of previous works, though. Been writing them for a while now. Posting them in bunches of 9-10 🙂
#10- Gift
Memsaab carefully draped
The six yards of silk
Over the tiny frame
Of my only daughter
I could afford only cotton
The Banarasi sari was a gift
Because she knew how it felt
To give a daughter away.
#11- Winding
She stared into the dark night
Along the winding tracks
Sitting on a lonely rickety bench
Waiting eagerly for her son
To return from the battle
That he fought 20 years ago.
#12- Battlefield
The house shone bright
Diwali lights everywhere
Dinner was made
His favorite desert ready
The old couple sat quietly
At a table set for three
Their soldier son would come
Beaming from the battlefield
Winning a war from 20 years ago.
#13- Celebrate
Last week has been hectic
The enemy is cornered
I can almost taste the victory
Tomorrow shall come
And we shall celebrate the loudest
For we will be home soon
Maa and Paa will cry with joy.
Tomorrow has come
We will win this battle too
But the train that goes home
Won’t have me on it
I can see Maa and Paa
In a little while from now
Staring in disbelief
Not a single tear to shed
When I am bound in tricolor
Their photo still in my breast pocket.
#14- Crimson
I’ve known this day would come
When I must let go of home
Take a giant leap of faith
Be carried by a gust of wind
And lay a little crimson patch
On parched and withered grass
But wait! I am to live eternally
In a little boy’s Leaf Book project.
#15- Truth
He rammed his fist into the sullen face
Of the man that stood in front of him
Nothing changed.
A thousand pairs of sunken eyes
Stared at him from the floor
The mirror only spoke the truth.
#16- Monster
She ached everywhere
Hungry and tired
As she sunk into the couch
She heard a little something
Irritated, she dragged herself
To the little bundled monster
Only to find her grinning in her sleep
Her hand sprawled wide
Diaper bottom in the air
She smiled- not hungry or tired
Not aching anywhere.
#17- Trophy
You’d think that lady
Won a trophy
She beamed so bright
Looking at her two year old
The first time on a slide.
#18- Unbridled
A messy car seat
Some squiggles on the wall
Too many broken crayons
A constant barrage of questions
An unruly mop for a head
A pair of muddy feet
Some sauce on clothes
Coming home in someone else’s shoes
Tell tale signs of mischief overload
And unbridled laughter galore
Little humans not so little any more!
#19- Irony
His father smoked his lung away
Alone, he had to fend for himself
Ended up rolling beedis
Irony stared at him everyday.
#20- Current
There was an obvious current
They were destined to be together
From birth till culmination
The banks were never alone
Yet never really together.
I have immensely enjoyed writing each of them. Hope you enjoyed reading them! Would love to get some critical feedback. Thanks in advance 🙂
I think. I scribble. 
Wow – you are such a good writer. I wish I’d had access to a computer when my kids were little. They’re grown now. I dropped by because I am a blogging addict (I mean I will create a blog at the “drop of a hat” as the saying goes…I even have one patterned after Alcoholic Anonymous called “The Blogamist” for people who just can’t quit making new blogs – they can sign on and it’s like going to a meeting, “Hi, I’m so and so and I can’t stop making blogs!” It’s a joke, no offense meant. And I’m really trying not to do that so much anymore as I’m much too busy. Here’s a link to a recent blog of mine in case you’d like to check it out. Glad to have you in class with me. SEI
http://www.thesoundofthewordnight.blogger.ca/
Hello, thank you so much for stopping by. And for all the kind words 🙂
I tried visiting your blog. I think the link is down. Can you give it to me again?
Happy to bump into a fellow classmate who is a blogger too 🙂
Sorry, the link to my blog is incorrect – here is the right one – thesoundofthewordnight.ca
Still not right – sheesh – I forgive you if you can’t be bothered looking – thesoundofthewordnight.blogspot.ca
Omigod – this is embarrassing – it’s soundofthewordnight.blogspot.ca – gah
It worked. 🙂 left you a comment.
All of those were so moving and powerful. #11. !14, and #15 will packed a punch with me. Great job!
Visiting from the A to Z Road Trip.
Write with Fey
Thank you so very much! Inspired to write more and truly humbled too.
Will stop by your blog very soon. 🙂
Hello!
We are classmates from Coursera’s English Composition.
You write beautifully. Your stories are simple and relate-able. I am gonna catch up on rest of the posts.
I am encouraged to resume blogging, should share the link with you, soon.
Take Care 🙂
Thank you for stopping by, Arushi. And for all the kind words. Indeed, I hope you resume blogging. Would love to read it.
Hope you are enjoying the course.
Until we bump into each other again, take care and be well.