Browse Author: Ashok Gupta

Mother’s Day 2023

This piece is based on a real tragedy involving two mothers. The main protagonist is a mother whose daughter gave birth to stillborn babies, not once but twice. ☹☹

Mother’s Day, bah humbug
Reminder of pain and heartache
Nothing to celebrate
Smiles, if any, forced and fake

A day to exalt motherhood
but not for one denied twice
and forever neutered
Blank stare in her eyes

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