The abode

The eternal darkness swathed me in complacence.
Isolated, yet unorphaned, I existed in soothing peace.

My immature faculties were not bothered
About the yet undiscovered daylight.

Suffocated by the sea of her joyous tears,
I subsisted on her everyday sacrifices.

Though unrecognized by the outside world,
My arrival was looked forward,
For a reason I couldn’t fathom and by people I didn’t realize.

Unable to even feel the warmth of her selfless love,
I lived like a parasite, greedy and ignorant.

Trying to break free from the confines
Of the wholesome enclosure, I kicked and pushed
At the supple walls of the unlikely prison,
Never aware of the pain I caused and the joy she derived.

One final day, I paved the way
And broke free from the bonds
To land in a world so cruel and bare.

She had borne me with suffering
That would last her a lifetime,
Yet the cord was there, binding me to her,
Unwilling to break, and never to be severed.

I crawled back to her bawling,
And she looked back at me smiling
Through her tears of joy and pain,
Renewing my hopes and wiping away the fears.

But still I long to return
To my initial solitary abode,
For it was there that I learnt
That someone breathed for me,
And loved me even before I was born….