
Bim Bom by Udita Mukherjee
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The following piece of poetry is published under An Archive for Our Mothers — a literary archive created by All Ears to celebrate Mothers' Day 2021.
Distressed jeans
Eased minds
That’s how simple
You make life
Without you I’d be having
Breakfast for dinner
A really hard time
And junk food at midnight
It’s the little things
The constant bickering
About anything and everything
The fastest make ups
How you say everything ten times
Which is probably why I’ve learnt
To tune you out the first nine times
I know it’d make anyone mad
Your sweet superstitions
Your habit of going on talking
Till you get whatever it is you want
I admire it but I’ll never say it out loud
You can sweet talk your way
Into or out of anything
It’s annoying really
But I secretly smile when you’re not looking
How or why you love me so much
I’ll never understand
But if I was in your shoes
I’d have disowned me a long time ago
Anything good I binge-watch
I love to share with you
You teach me so much
I figure I’d explain a thing or two
You listen to all I say
I know it’s hard sometimes
You break the stereotypes
When you see things from my point of view
Your bedtime tales with morals
Made me who I am
I just hope you know
I love you always
Everyone isn’t lucky enough
To get a mother like you
I want to say that
So people know
Never take your mom for granted
She deserves the best
For putting up with you
And turning your happiness into hers.
By: Udita Mukherjee
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