Transition

Heavy eyes full of sleep
willing to sleep a little longer,
but responsibility beckons her…

She was once a child,
free from all worries,
then she became
a daughter, a bride,
a daughter-in-law and a wife,
taking duties and responsibilities
one by one…

And now she is a mother,
she gets up at four in the morning
to set everything right
for every family member,
rejoicing to fulfil their needs
with whatever she has…

She has learnt it all from her mother
and the faith imposed
and responsibilities delegated
by her mother in-law,
she has done her own value addition
and quality improvement
to make the transition complete…

She has now consolidated
what she has achieved,
the bundles of hopes
and responsibilities,
it’s now time to delegate them
one by one…

She marries her son off
and hands over her mantle
to her daughter-in-law,
thus laying the bricks
of another transition
one by one
to facilitate creation
of a new chapter of history,
before becoming herself
a part of history…

–Kaushal Kishore

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