An evocative poem about the dreams of a bride, a woman-centric poem, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths.
With sparkling stars in her eyes
She is dreaming of her new life
With the man of her dreams
She has been dressed in the
Most beautiful clothes and
Jewels to match
With a pair of white stilettos
Hair adorned with jasmine and rose
She sits quietly with her mind
Wandering to the beautiful house
Where his parents and siblings
Treat her like a queen
She doesn’t need anything special
Her mind says
I want only a truthful husband
Where everything is transparent
Between the two of us
With all these thoughts
She steps into the pandal all lighted up
With hopes and aspirations
Of a beautiful life ahead
They walk around the holy fire
Seven times and he ties
The sacred yellow thread around her slender neck!
These thoughts bring her to
Ecstacy of her married life!
She wakes up from her dream suddenly
And kneels and prays her dream comes true!
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Sarala Balachandran was working with an import-export organisation in the administrative department for 38 years. She retired eleven years back. Married, with two sons aged 43 and 36, she took interest in writing recently. She writes free verses.
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