They say, we are born alone and we must go alone. Yet we believe that while we are here, we cannot live alone. We share love. We nurture friendships. We form bonds. Have you ever stopped to think that we are feeding a mere illusion? Because you see, the ‘alone’-ness never fades away. Whether it is a child learning to live alone… or the mother craving to be alone. Sooner or later, the bonds of birth must also fall off.
Broken Bonds
Do you remember Ma
That rainy day in June
When you drove me to the boarding school
You barely saw your little girl
Melting into a tearful pool
I was confused Ma
I could not understand
Why I no longer was welcome with you
But I must have been a heavy weight
That, I can see now
Eight years and nine months
Of living your life for me
I don’t blame you (Really)
But you were my life Ma
You were all that I ever knew
And it still hurts when I remember
How I stood outside that building
Watching you drive away
And in that moment Ma
I heard all that you didn’t say
In that moment
When you abandoned me
Outside that building made of stone
I grew up Ma
I learned to be alone
Jyotsna Atre
April 02, 2021
This post is a part of the Blogchatter A2Z challenge
That’s one of the most painful things that can happen to a person. Poignantly expressed in your lines.
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Yet, the inevitability of the ‘alone’ness looms larger today, than ever before.
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This makes me feel sad but it’s true bonds eventually break over time
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Yes. Realities of life… maybe also of growing up.
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Loved the opening – that the alone-ness never really goes. Another lovely poem.
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Thank you for appreciating the poem and the introduction. 🙂
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