Theme: Family

Black & White

A black & white photo
wherein a young mother 
with her old father 
sitting on a studio bench, 
her little cute son 
who is carefully taken 
into the old man's lap 
and a little daughter 
with broad eyes and
innocent looks,
standing between 
the young mother 
and the elderly man,
seemingly 
looking for an
affectionate lap
of her mother 
But the little girl
neither finds 
the Lap nor
a caressing 
touch of the mother.

50 years later....
the cute son 
hates to be 
with this 
old mother even 
for an instant,
But....
the little girl 
now a 
53-year-old 
married woman 
is staying 
nowadays with her
ailing mother,
she puts her 
soft loving hand 
on her mother's 
Cheeks to help her
swallow her medicines.
Really this 
black & white photo
shows a single world's 
double shades -
THE BLACK &
THE WHITE.

20-Aug-2024

More By  :  Bharat Mehru

Views: 248     Comments: 2

Comments on this Poem

Comment Thanks Kulbirji that you liked it.

raghav
21-Aug-2024 12:16 PM

Comment Such is life!

Thanks for sharing such a poignant tale.

Kulbir
21-Aug-2024 07:12 AM


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