Happy Birthday!

Yesterday I turned sixty-one And someone long forgotten Sent me a mail wishing hundred and one An expression of habitual sentiment He knew I loved our Mother* For he cared to attach Her snap. Her lips were a bewitching smile Folded hands were soulful prayer For us all who have no time for Her Viewed the picture, a glance sufficed Oh, my disk has no more space The mail found its way to trash Who has time for wishing farce? Another day of dreary chores Frenzied phone calls, business talks Ceaseless standing on the toes Back to PC at the close The old always guides I look for a document saved For help in having a new one made Don’t we always retrieve the buried! ? Lo! What could be this, a new file In ‘My Documents’ saved Without my knowledge? Finger curiously clicks The smile brightens the screen Like the dawn of spring-time sheen Hands fold again to greet A careless son so indiscrete For all I know I had pressed “Delete” Nevertheless She refused to retreat At the bottom of our being, isn’t it “My Documents” - Her sacred retreat? A tear-drop tiny grows and wells In my erstwhile blinded eyes To spark an insight so very bright “A Mother never ever leaves Her kids” ____________ * a saintly lady