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Mother you are not winter! (Free verse) by kawakurdi
Mother you were not so frail last year.
Your hair was long and black.
When did this never-melting snow
fall on your hair?
How did this inextinguishable flame
rage in your heart?
Mother, you are not winter
To bring together snow and ember!
How come you are drinking
the last sips of yourself?
As if you have come back from hell
in the company of a black cloud:
Your pink lips are full of wrinkles
in which smiles are buried.
Mother, are you looking for yourself?
Who stole you from yourself, mother?
Your eyes search for your sight,
Your ears yearn for a sound,
Your tongue pines for your voice,
Your lungs for your breathing?
Your soul, as you breath, looks for your life?
I wish I had never seen you like this
You were not frail last year.
This is I, mother.
Please recognise me.
I am your sight, your hearing, and your voice.
Breathe me in with your deep sighs.
Let me give you the blood of my heart?
Mother, please don't go away!
Wait
Wait with me
Wait until the next dawn.
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