Where were you?

Where were you

all these years?

You missed my birth

and my tears...

You weren't even around

when I took my first steps,

nor when I pushed the ball

or rocked my first doll.

You were nowhere in sight

when I wore my first tights,

moaned with pain because of braces

fell flat on my nose during the races.

Never heard of you at school

nor at the college,

You were hiding from me

as I had my bowls of porridge.

I grew up into a woman

and married my man.

left my brethren

for my future children.

Now they are grown

and its nearing time

when they shall leave home

and walk the path I have shown.

One fine day, a stranger YOU

come from somewhere

someplace out of the blue,

someone I never knew.

Now you say you love me

Oh! how can I take it for true?

For all my life I never knew

that you were here for me too!

Are you telling me life is

but a chance for change

Like flowers in a vase

that we re-arrange?

Some say its midlife blues

and others try to soothe,

They are spectators that never intrude

I for one, wish for solitude.

 You appear like an Oasis

in the vast sweltering desert

and I know as I draw near

You shall be a Mirage....

So let me be where I am

glued to the Earth like a tree,

my husband's wife

for the world to see.

Where were you

all these years?

Do come sometimes

to  wipe my tears.

~Vinita Ganesh~

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