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Saturday, 6 September 2014
An Ordinary Life
The first time I saw you
On the wedding night
The first time I touched you
When our hands were tied by mantras
There was happiness all around
With tearful eyes my baba and ma
Gave my hands to you
To take me far away from them
Love was not at first sight
But there was no dearth of promise
By God’s grace we could give
A loving home to our only child
A very ordinary life
May not be with much color
With pomp and grandeur
With loud laughter and songs
Or feet aching dancing
Neither any rocking earthquake
Nor spewing of lava
Avalanche or quicksand engulfing all
I wonder why we are not
Bored to death
But we are not
May be because
The life is so ordinary
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for Poetry Pantry @ Poets United
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:) Seems its your anniversary, happy marriage anniversary! When love is there all around an ordinary life is amazing.
ReplyDeleteour anniversary is still a few months away Vandana...thanks for stopping by and the well wish :)
DeleteThe beauty resides in the ordinary... I think.
ReplyDeleteA lovely write. I really liked how you surmised the experiences of life into a single word.
-HA
life is beautiful, though ordinary, there's no time to be bored.
ReplyDeleteNothing is ordinary from a heart of love. Great write.
ReplyDeleteYes, that may be the reason.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary is better than a stormy one. It is great to be just ourselves! Great lines Sumana!
ReplyDeleteHank
A beautiful poem about the glories of an ordinary life. I liked it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's sad that we expect the skyrockets. I'll take a steady candle any day!
ReplyDeleteMaybe your life is ordinary, but that does not stop you from being an extraordinary poet in the honest way you share your wisdom, thoughts, and your world.
ReplyDeleteNice lines.:)
ReplyDeletethe scary part for many is when the sky rockets wear off...
ReplyDeleteand if there is no relationship...well you can see the result
in the sky rocketing divorce rates.
There is something utterly unique in everything that's ordinary.. Maybe it's the urge for passion and action that is the fall of humans..
ReplyDeleteSo sweet Sumanadi.....an ordinary life..peaceful and full of laughter..is what we all want...and I can visualize the scene "With tearful eyes my baba and ma
ReplyDeleteGave my hands to you"....love this ... :-)
ordinary can be beautiful too. and it lasts longer. :)
ReplyDeleteYup! And that's the way it goes... Well written.
ReplyDeleteZQ
This is a beautiful poem, Sumana. I tend to think that a lot of lives are ordinary but the people who lead them and shine are not and this is extraordinary.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary it may be, but if both of you are happy and secure about your commitment to each other, it is a special one ~ Have a lovely week Sumana ~
ReplyDeleteGive me the ordinary everyday care and grace, and I will not be bored either. Free of terror, tension, and living for another--I will have time for me, time for what Rilke says is a mutual respect in binding and releasing--as if you set up eisels next to each other instead of painting on each other's canvass. You write of one of the wonders of all time. How fine that you have it and it frees you. How wonderful that it came from an arranged marriage, which, without respect could have been otherwise.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary life is an adventure, I think, and doesn't need be boring...life has too much to offer. Ordinary is beautiful. Well writ, Sumana!
ReplyDeleteAn ordinary life is a great blessing on this planet. This poem describes the building of a life that sounds very wonderful to me.
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful journey of life..god bless:)
ReplyDeletei so believe in romantic love, the meeting the courting the falling in, yet i so admire the scenes and stories of arranged lives when the result is good and pleasing to two people involved in family rearing
ReplyDeletehave a nice Sunday, thanks for dropping in at my blog
much love...
Lovely write Sumana. Interesting how love can grow without initial romance, but love goes beyond the superficial. Nice that you created a good home for your child. Nothing boring about that.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary meaning that which most people face is still very challenging.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary is the best there is.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary sounds loving and lasting. You are blessed (and I'll bet a blessing).
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot to be said for ordinary. The Chinese Curse: “May you live in interesting times" - comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteOrdinary or comforting? Drama is generally not the best thing for a marriage… well maybe for some. I prefer when our days are simple… much less to fret about, more time to just love each other.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful .... marriage is a blessing, a gift .... have a great great life together :-)
ReplyDeletewise and tender ~
ReplyDeleteSometimes think ordinary is a blessing, come to help us to remember to just breathe, to be alive.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth