Saturday, July 6, 2013

Sisters under shady trees

I sat with sisters today
under leafy, trees

beside children and men 
who were busy today
having fun, meeting friends

with nobody needing us 
every minute of every day

we shared thoughts
asked questions
re-wrote scripts that we have been led to believe

opened labelled boxes wider: 
mother, sister, good mother, who knows what

we stepped out
just a little
peeked out
and liked what we saw

who knows, 
sometime soon, 
armed with empty journals
and pens that make us happy
we will write our own stories
soon

a year later, a sister promised
my heart sings with that promise
a part of me left behind
under that shade
I face the sun once more

Konkani Association Picnic, July 6th, 2013

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