Divine Game

Divine Game

P K Routray

At the womb of the mother

summersaults the child like a professional player.

The mother enjoys the pain with tears of joy

thus starts mother and child divine play.

The labor pain, though the worst on the earth but mothers hide.

The pangs and pains as in a games is tinged with pleasure and pride.

In course of nurturing the child to grow

the mother has to play many a role in the show

as a singer, as a story teller, as a teacher and a master

also serving the child with love, friendship and  fear.

A new born child senses its mother’s presence

if not asleep, cries loudly questioning her absence.

At times a crawling child slips out of its mother’s hold

mother’s endeavors to catch the child  is a scene to behold.

Feeding a child is dictated by the child’s whim and mood

a difficult task only mother by her grace can do the good

by telling a story, appeasing and appealing to the child

at times the abuses of impatient mother makes the scene wild.

Then it needs time and tact to bring peace to the scene

forgotten within moments by both with hearts close and clean.

The games between mother and child do good to both

contributing to mother’s health and child’s all-round growth.

Nowadays with days of crèche both miss major part of this divine play.

On the health of mother and child definitely this has an adverse say.