Sudarshana Dhar
I wish you had been in peace
You passed on your restlessness
To your womb
I was born a fidgety, restless being
I wish you had been in peace
When you carried me in your arms
Rocking me with a song
Of a mother who left for heaven,
Leaving her children alone
I wish you had been in peace
When I grew up as a little girl
The hungry eyes fed on me
While your eyes were distant
Leaving me forlorn
I wish you had been in peace
When you sent me off to a land
Of strange faces and words, where
I felt the pangs of a thousand caged birds
Ma, now that you are a lark
You have always wanted to be
Will you give me an unruffled feather,
And say that you have found me?
