It is a day neither hot nor cold,
Clouds help the dry flowers unfold
Canary with his song to the flower told
Drink while you can, yourself don’t scold.
-Rubaiyat

Heaven is incomplete without a heavenly romance
Let a glass of wine be my present circumstance
Take what is here now, let go of a promised chance
A drumbeat is best heard from a distance

– Khayyam

Motherhood

Not a very long time back

Every morning the Honey waali Chai,
A loaf of bread and do kilo ka school bag.
Running in the rain at the honk of the bus,…
and standing in the corridor
…for forgetting the maths homework…daily

Then waking up to reset the alarm.
friends coming to honk at the door,
and zooming for the 10:30 class.
Finally giving up trying…
… to attend the first lecture and making it a habit…everyday

Then sleeping at four in the morning
and waking up next day..
..to walk to the place next door,
…not to Lata Aunty or bunty’s house but office.
Checking emails and multitasking…

All that is routine..has just kept changing.