Nurturing
Nurturing, caring, sacrificing,
Traded off experiences,
Constant satisficing.
Protecting, guiding, worrying,
Tenuously constructed identities,
Selflessly disintegrating.
Yearning, missing, longing,
Sensitive souls in fragile bones,
For some succor waiting.
Saddened, disheartened, frightened
Rheumy-eyed and hopeless,
Praying for a comfortable end.
Traded off experiences,
Constant satisficing.
Protecting, guiding, worrying,
Tenuously constructed identities,
Selflessly disintegrating.
Yearning, missing, longing,
Sensitive souls in fragile bones,
For some succor waiting.
Saddened, disheartened, frightened
Rheumy-eyed and hopeless,
Praying for a comfortable end.
Labels: poetry
Selected by Pragya |
10:04 |
3 Comments:
An ode to Motherhood, or is it Womanhood?
"satisficing" - is that poetic license you are using here, or is that a typo?
Geetanjali,
Actually it was trying to be an ode to parenthood in general. Satisficing is a word, albeit a B-school one. According to the dictionary:
To obtain an outcome that is good enough. Satisficing action can be contrasted with maximising action, which seeks the biggest, or with optimising action, which seeks the best.
Good showing on the poetry, Prags! And as for the B-School word, we'll accept it if those Mandarins insist, although it sticks a bit :) But a nice poem, notwithstanding.
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