My mother at sixty six
Driving from my parent s home to cochin last friday moring,
I saw my mother
Beside me,
Doze open mouthed her face ashen like that of a corpse and relised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon
Put that thoungt away,and looked out at young trees spring the merry children splilling out of their homes but after the airports security chek standing a few yards away,
I looked again at her ,wan
Pale
As a late winter s moon and felt that old
Familar ache my childhoods fear but all i said was see you soon
amma
All i did was smile and smile and smile.