touched my love, touched me

“Don’t leave me alone, Maa”

I told her, jokingly

“What will I do home alone, Maa” 

I said, alarmingly;

While joking I never realised 

how I couldn’t let her walk on by 

alone, to exercise her muscles,

I always said I was worried about her,

why, still, didn’t I accompany her? 

She came back home, I said Hi 

I congratulated her on her new stride,

“Wow! 6 km!” I exclaimed, she smiled;

My appreciation for her made it worthwhile. 

Her expressions turned into anger,

I wondered, what could angry her?

A stupid teenager, I didn’t pay much mind-

Till she said, “Someone slapped me behind”

I was shocked, I trembled 

I felt like dying, I fumbled,

For words seemed to disappear from my mouth,

My brain screamed “NO!!!”, but it wasn’t that loud. 

My heart shook

My pulse stopped,

I felt broken 

My tongue chopped. 

I started feeling dizzy all of a sudden,

My mother continued, feeling unburdened:

“He was on a bike, went by in a jiffy,

Aimed for my butt, but he was in a hurry,

Instead he hit my back, too hard I felt it

I picked up a rock while my back dealt with it.

Angry, oh angry I was, how dare he hit me!”

She said this, I broke within

 what might she be feeling..

Why, my mother, after all she’s dealt with;

Why any girl, any boy, 

People aren’t toys. 

Nobody is safe. 

I cry in my room, for letting my mother go alone 

Out in this cruel world;

Should’ve known, the bad guys don’t leave even 

Mothers alone, 

Thinking about this, my blood curls;

I blame it on myself, 

For letting her go alone, 

For not thinking twice about the 

Uncultured civilisation,

Because to rescue my mother would’ve

Been my ultimate salvation. 

Now I cannot be saved,

Neither can anybody else 

Who has been touched, or 

Whose loved one has been touched. 

It’s the same. 

Any impression on my mother, falls on me. 

The world was once beautiful, but now it doesn’t seem.