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 “Growing up”. This poem is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 28☆
☆ Growing up ☆
I need to grow up.
My body needs to stoop,
My hair needs to grey,
My hairlines need to recede,
My veins need to come out
From the back of my hands,
My feet need to tremble
While walking,
My skin needs dryness
That refuses the moisturiser;
But more than that
I need to learn
To let go.
Yes,
I need to grow up!
© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra
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