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Sunday 10 May 2009

Ad Majorem *Mater* Gloriam




To have me, she willed to bleed.
I ne'er pay her words much heed,
Yet, she is *the One* I shall always need!

The first face to grace my eyes,
She answered all my infant cries,
She has filled my life with many a sweet surprise.

She taught me how to stand and walk,
She helped turn my incomprehensible babble to talk,
She made me listen to the tick-tock clock.

She made me aware of voice and sound,
She placed my wobbly feet firmly on the ground,
And I feel so safe when she is around.

She taught me what was wrong and right,
She would supervise my lessons with all her might,
She sought to prevent me from many a fight.

So how can I ever cease to be
Affectionate and kind to Thee,
O Thou, who art *a Mother* to me!

(An afterword - to Mother Nature)
Despite our imbecile, insolent greed,
She continues to nurture us and feed.
And what does humanity do? Happily gorge and breed.
- - -

Mother's Day greetings to Mothers everywhere! 
Ad majorem Mater gloriam.

52 comments:

Sneha Shrivastava said...

Beautiful.:)

bondgal_rulz said...

Awww....that was so touching. :)

And loved the way you ended it by giving an ode to Mother Nature.

Cheers

Anya said...

co in ci des - with mothers day...

chriz

Preetilata【ツ】 said...

poems on MOTHERS are always special and beautiful.

it was such a touching poem.

i loved the lines on mother nature.

take care :)

Netika Lumb said...

Aww.. this is soo sweet and touching. Great effort. Hope your mom's reading this.:)

Anonymous said...

but you still babble and babble and babble a-lot x-( and you fight and fight and fight a-lot
and all of mother nature's might fell short before your fight, till she slapped you tight, to make your future bright, and to remove your plight, so you see now I am right :D
typical 'pleb' waali poetry na?

Mahesh Sindbandge said...

Happy Mother's day....

I thought of writing a poem for mom...but i am already late as i was too involved with that story..:)

Nice poem...in fact touching tha madam...

cheers

Richa said...

moms are the best!!!

they say God cant be everywhere, so He made Moms :)

P.S. I cant see ur updates on my dashboard :(

vinny said...

oye!
that was cute...afterword was amazing...Wish all the Mothers their rightful place in our hearts today n forever:)

Anonymous said...

lovely Kartz.. so touching.. you wrote so much.. but we just can't write enough about her.. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers .. :)

Lucifer said...

awww that was so toucin dude...ur mom must b a really proud mother

Mahesh Sindbandge said...

That was touching...good piece of poetry...

yeah..happy mother's day..:)

Gail said...

Hi Kartz-

Such a beautiful writing. It was a gift to me today and I "thank you"

Love Gail
peace.....

Priya said...

Splendid and fantastic lines.

Americanising Desi said...

tusi mera dil shatter kar dia dost!
:( I LOVE MY MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMY!

Praveen said...

a mother's day post cant get better than this..:)

WarmSunshine said...

That was very touching indeed.

Happy Mother's Day Kartz :)
A wonderful poem!!

Phoenix said...

beautiful thought and really well expressed... :)

hey you really have a nice blog here :)

Blogger said...

dat ws indeed a b'ful one!
moms r best!
happy mothers day!

Anonymous said...

Sweet. Too sweet. Thank you.

Jake said...

simple. with almost all emotions packed in! Awesome!

Phoenix said...

hey kartz i hope you dont mind.. because im blogrolling you.. :)

Priya Joyce said...

for the greater glory of mother.....

well...loved the way u presented it.... :)

Hope to see...a "for the greater glory of father" post too lol
:P

Pallav said...

WOW....
beautiful
i also thot to write somethng for mother but but but...
i just wished her n took her for dinner...

Pallav

jayu said...

Kartz... amazingly beautiful.
It touched my heart,with its love.
God bless your mother-she is lucky to such an wonderful tribute.<3

Anonymous said...

I just made my ma read this!

She said and I quote - "See? See? And what did YOU do for Mother's Day???"

:P

Usha Pisharody said...

A lovely tribute Karthik!

And thank you for your wishes!

Anonymous said...

*WOW*

Anonymous said...

wow...wish your mother read this..i would have loved it much more..without that afterword to mother nature :) so that ur mom feels it is purely for her..wish my kid writes smthng like ths for me :P

dark-arthas said...

sweet tribute, mate. very very heartfelt!!!

Arnab Majumdar said...

That was beautiful. Enjoyed the last para, the one dedicated to Mother Nature. Not something I've seen at the other blog posts along similar lines...

Nice one man... cheers...

Anil Sawan said...

mann, wut a dedication!!!! beautiful!!

G said...

oh so beayouuutiful! :)

Preeti said...

as usual, brilliant :) loved the very thought of addin an after thought..

Anonymous said...

Touching thoughts! very beautiful!

AV said...

awww... cho chweet!

Karthik said...

Touching... Happy Mother's day.. Am always late u know.. :P Forgive!!

Anonymous said...

tht was v v touching! Beautiful tribute!

Overmind said...

Has a child-like charm to it... Barring the afterword! ;) Beautiful!

Arnav said...

Amazing , this truly is the best gift to your mother.. did you show her?
Beautiful as always Kartz..




Keep smiling

Dheera Kitchlu said...

I got it at last Karthik and I liked it. I think it was slightly different from your normal(as much as I have read) style, but good. The mother Nature twist at the end was interesting and so relevant.

Lena said...

thats a beautiful, emotional, touching ode to the mother. Couldnt be said better :)


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Illeen said...

A really sweet ode to a mother :)

DI said...

Now here's a poet I admire! The ability to rhyle and maintain the depth, just perfectly!

Keep it up sir, very well appreciated! :)

kanagu said...

sorry for the late comments my friend... your blog is not opening in my mobile due to huge content...

nice one.. belated mother's day wishes to your mom :)

as always I loved this one much :)

Sashu... said...

that was so very beautiful kartz.. lovely!! n you rhyme like a dream :)

hope alzl well :) keep writing :)God bless!

Opaque said...

This is one of the best tributes I've read in the blogosphere. Well done, you.

kevin said...

beautiful, mate! very very touching!

Amritorupa Kanjilal said...

how sweet kartz!! happy mom's day belated :)
how did i miss this? u must havr posted it while i was on my road trip...

blake said...

Sweet! Keep 'em coming! ;)

Gauri Mathur said...

Impeccable!
:)

Anonymous said...

Sweet Lord that was brilliant! I laud you for coming up with such a work!

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