The Blue Goddess
My heart throbbing, my mind fretting, I ran out
baby you were blue, I knew without a doubt
I felt your body for death
strangely from the little blue came a sharp breath
Naked on a threadbare cot you lay in the cold
I saw that you were bold, though just three days old
Your eyes flickered, it was faint and feeble
I smiled, for, your zest for life was agreeable
Your mother was I, though failed to be one
engulfed in guilt I stared at what I had done
You were my second girl, hence there was no joy
it was our fate as you were not a boy
Death for you meant life for me, this was decided by the others,
holding you I wondered: was it so with all the mothers?
They said, “Leave her naked in the cold to freeze,
let the girl breathe her last with ease.”
I now looked up at the Goddess that we pray
and smiled at you, my Goddess who chose to stay!
You had chosen life, I loved your resolve
The mystery of the vanishing girls remains unsolved
Wrapping you in my arms I now rushed
With you I embraced life, now all the voices were shushed.
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