21 Thursday Apr 2011
He holds my hand in his
Gently kneading
The gaze beseeching
A slow smile spreading
Melting my determined heart
Cleansing me of resolve
Relenting, I open the box
Lighting up his eyes like twin-stars
With creased brows, he pauses
The cherry red, he decides
Savoring its sweetness, he lisps
“Momma you are the best”
– Shail Mohan (April 2011)
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Oh so sweet! What a lovely moment between momma and son. And I love the way it starts and you think it’s two adults interacting. Beautifully done.
@V L Sheridan,
Thank you so much 🙂
That’s lovely Shail..the pleasure of giving (not just sweeties)..Jae
@Jae Rose,
Thank you 🙂
Nice poem for Mother’s Day. Mothers deserve it. Cheers.
@Chris,
Thank you 🙂
Aww so sweet 🙂 Could almost see the cute lil fellow 🙂
@Writerzblock,
Thank you 🙂
Lovely depiction. I eagerly wait for your posts to drop in to my inbox.
@Anita Menon,
Aww… thank you so much!
When I saw the title I thought it is between mother and son, but had a doubt if it was between two adults and came back to the right conclusion…really, mother and son!
‘momma, you are the best’, used to hear this compliment often when my sons were kids!
@Sandhya,
Fooled you for a moment eh?? 😉 And I am sure your kids still say that to you Sandhya! 🙂
I LOVE this! Awwww!
The only hitch for me was that I kept reading these two lines as if they flowed together:
Lighting up his eyes like twin-stars
With creased brows, he pauses
I think I needed some punctuation, or maybe a white space, to separate these so I didn’t try to read it as “like twin-stars with creased brows”.
Gorgeous poem.
@Peter Dudley,
Welcome to Shail’s Nest and thank you. Sorry for the delayed response.
You are right, there is need for a punctuation mark. I will correct the omission pronto. Thank you 🙂
A sweet moment!
@earlybird,
Thank you 🙂
Ah Momma you’re the best.that says it all. wonderful story
@Sheilagh Lee,
Thank you 🙂
Oh !!! So sweet. 🙂
@UmaS,
Thank you 🙂
Cute 🙂 Could visualize the moment!!
@Priya,
I am sure 🙂
Shail….u have planted cameras in my home? ;p Lovely read 🙂
@arch,
Aha! Junjun too eh?? I can imagine! 🙂