J's Musings

By Janhavi

How was your mother’s milk?

Did it taste like doom?

They wiped you clean of blood,

the day u were born.

Only to bathe your life in it-

What did you play as a child?

Did you dream of more than tomorrow?

Was surviving all you knew?

Was tour father a good man?

Did he live long enough for you to find out?

Did your grandmother keep your hair neat,

ready for forever?

Do you know what death tastes like?

Will it be ok?

Can you remember when your mother played with you?

Is it possible to know what happens after death,

If you are surrounded by it?

Maybe not to the dead, but you-

Are you ok?

Can a child playing war ever be?