Mumma

Mumma, you come to my dreams as if you’ve never been gone

Come back to us, I’ll never let you weep alone

Mumma, everything here is missing without you

No matter what I do, no one will ever have those shining eyes like you

So much was planned, but you left with so much left

I wish you could see me now..oh! so much debt!

I remember that glitter you had when I stood first in that tiny little competition

Brighter than the brightest of all, amongst your fleeting constellation

But I thank them a thousand times; they gave me a chance to make you proud

Mumma, your kid has grown up! Now, he doesn’t just follow the crowd.

I try to act as if I have it all sorted,

but I miss you more, Mumma, every passing second

Who will think as you do? Has my boy eaten or not?

Who will act all strong on my leaving but shatter like you when I’m gone?

It’s you, Mumma, who’ll be awake for ailing me till the moon is done.

I wish I could borrow you. I wish I had those rights!

Like you borrowed me from death with your sleepless nights.

With my head on your lap, the burdens weren't heavy enough,

Mumma, you’ve spoiled me by showing such love

Your love dawns on me like a morning sun

But why does it always have to set like one?

How much I wish I had a clue that you would not be with us soon

Like how you knew it all and called us to be with you that dreaded afternoon

I live that last day, every day, but it’s so much pain

Whatever I try to do, to live for me, for those you’ve left, all of it seems in vain.

But Mumma, God is my sole solace, I am no one to complain

And I live as you lived, for He has taken His place as a mother again!

May these words reach out to you. It will be quite something to see,

I wish I could have said, "Mumma, you mean the whole world to me."