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27 December, 2004

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.

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3 Comments:

Blogger G Shrivastava said...

An ode to Motherhood, or is it Womanhood?

"satisficing" - is that poetic license you are using here, or is that a typo?

27 December, 2004 11:36  
Blogger Pragya said...

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.

27 December, 2004 20:55  
Blogger SPECKLED_BAND said...

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.

28 December, 2004 07:40  

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