A poignant poem, by Neelam, about an unborn child of an unwed mother, exclusively for Different Truths.
Embedded in the womb of time,
The foetus of an unborn child stretched its feet;
It kicked and growled and roared,
Tremendous energy existed in the frame petite!
It troubled the mom by playing mischief,
Now and then it would kick the womb’s wall;
As if that was not enough
It would move around violently like a football!
Pestered by the waywardness of the foetus,
The desolate mother would wail tears;
Perturbed by its tricks and guiles,
The pitiful mother would shiver with fears!
An illegitimate and unwanted child it was,
The mother knew not how to abort it;
Her nervousness kept multiplying every moment,
And her forlorn tummy grew bit by bit!
The foetus was nothing but the fear of the future
And though it didn’t exist, it hounded the body,
Let not anxiety and phobias torture your heart,
Live the present with happiness and glee!
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Neelam Saxena Chandra, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Pune, has authored 4 novels, 1 novella and 6 short story collections, 31 poetry collections and 13 children’s books. She holds a record with the Limca Book of Records, 2015 for being the Author having the highest number of publications in a year in English and Hindi. She has won several international and national awards. She was listed in Forbes as one of the popular authors in 2014.
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Neelam-One more heart wrenching verse that makes you hurt at helplessness of life, its realities and choices one has to eventually make!!!
Heartfelt thanks for reading all my poems 🙂 <3