By Sahana Sundar
When I have pains that cannot be ceased at all,
Before my pen sees the paper white,
Before I would share with my best of friends,
I behold in my heart in a swollen state,
Like a clouded sun in the azure sky,
And when I think I might die with it,
Their shadows shrink inside me a bit,
Then I feel within me a beast so big and gross,
Tormenting my heart to get a scar or bruise,
And the stream of gibberish words pour out of my chest,
Out of my dream, louder like a crackers burst,
Pain garbed in the words like addudubo Lino bi,
Pattutulo kalo bi and I hear my daughter's words,
Mumma, mumma, get up, it’s a white morning,
Bright outside with a flower in my pot,
I hug and smile at her as if I have no more pain,
This is a world so beautiful in all happiness and gain..