Woman-3

Whenever we met – we met like earth and sky
A whole world was laid between there
A world so beautiful, so live between us
All was born from me only…..

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We used to meet like air, like fragrance
We met like trying to understand our own being
We never met like a couple…
There were my tears – like rain on the earth
There was your anger like thunder in clouds

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The wedding was celebrated as birth of a child
I got half-married……..
Witnesses couldn’t know the actual meaning of it as it comes to a woman…..
They all were either man or wife of a man….
They couldn’t understand………..
They didn’t aware of anything…

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You only hoped
One day we would be a perfect couple….
Just made for each other………

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I spared you so I could survive within you……
You spared me so I could save the whole world between us…
Like we love our life, we loved this entire world...
You worked hard so we could get bread and a shelter…
From morning to late night…. it was work and work…

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At the time of departure you used to ask a promise from me….
If I could keep everything as usual…till we meet next time…
I promised every time……
I kept counting days till you would be back to me…..
One …two…three….twenty….thirty……

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Today you have gone for a long period……
So sincerely, so respectfully…..I know you want me to promise….
Nothing should change…
Neither me nor the world which is so dear to you…

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I am shattered, broken in tears…..
How could I keep your promise………
How to make your world survive without you……………
You trust me… want me to promise again…..
I would have to keep your world as beautiful as it was before….
I promise I will…
I will wait for you, like I have been doing in past … only it will be years in counting now….
One…two…three….twenty….thirty…. don’t know how many they are……….

Original in Hindi NOV 2000