Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra
(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Love Lost”. This poem is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 35☆
☆ Love Lost ☆
(Dedicated to all those who suffer from ALZEIHMERS)
Oh Monu!
I heard someone calling an elderly man
By your name
And I was so annoyed!
Monu is ‘your’ name
Given to you by me so lovingly
And it shall remain so!
A gentleman came to me yesterday
And addressing me as “Sweetheart!”
Said,
“You are forgetting.
Monu has grown old!”
How silly was he!
How can I forget my only child?
This gentleman-
He troubles me a lot, Monu!
He makes me wear sweaters
When I feel warm
And want to wear skirts!
He says that I have never worn skirts!
So stupid! Isn’t he?
Oh, Monu!
Where are you?
Please, please come back
Into my arms
I want to kiss you, cuddle you!
Look that gentleman is again shouting
And wants me to prepare tea!
Can you imagine? Tea!
Have I ever made tea?
You explain him please
And let me sleep
For now!
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