The Momma Clan

I

Your absence feels like your presence in my soul. 

My drawn commence with you and the pleasant dusk approaches from you

II

I want your arms to be wrapped around me, 

in the lieu of my blanket.

I want your chest to give my headrest, 

in the lieu of my pillow.

I want your fingers to wipe off my tears, 

in the lieu of tissue.

I want your hand that holds me 

and takes me into your arms

I want your heart to love me until the oceans become calm and run dry. 

I want your ears to hear all mine waffles steadily.

I want your eyes where I could get lost in them.

I want your lips which read my affliction

 and make me silent while I howl. 

III

Can’t leave you even if I want to, the way I am connected to you with fidelity, 

my every path and destination leads only to you. 

With this eternal love, My heart coalesced with yours, and it eases the fog of my forlorn. 

—Sonali