 My much-loved friend,
My much-loved friend,
my most despised friend! 
We loved the same man
rightfully yours and
oh so wrongly mine!
It's a chance that you stood
behind the protected zone of
the lakshman rekha and I
on the neglected other!
But you became the Goddess
and I the whore!
| 
Your unwavering love 
became his support 
and my unconditional one 
his deepest secret! 
My dearest friend, 
my most despised friend, 
I weep for both of us. 
Your silent scream matches mine 
my darling sister 
my most hated sister 
we are each other’s hidden secrets 
we are each other’s secret pain. I cry for both of us 
for the life that gradually drips away 
from your fingers 
and the illusory one that I struggle to hold in my palm, 
we the beloved and the betrayed 
you the Goddess and 
I the whore 
we are the She; 
day dawns the same for you and me. | 
 
11 comments:
:)I really liked the way you have used " lakshmanrekha ( a Hindi Phrase). Rarely do we get to see such a rare and beautiful combination of Hindi and English poetry.
You have described a very painful situation so vividly. Your closing lines are especially powerful.
Damn, damn good!
you must be a lucky sister :P
Hello Baishali: How have you been keeping. Been absent for looong ! And then suddenly you have reappeared with a bang. What a Terrific, fantastic and fabulous poem. Best Wishes Ram.
nice...keep writing more often :)
wow. powerful piece....what a painful situation...and yet within it the two have so much in common as well...how are you?
Advanced Merry Christmas & Happy New Year greetings and also Thanks and Smiles:) for ur support till now Dear Blogger Buddy God<3U:)
Hi Baishali, Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year to you. Warm Regards Ram
Happy New Year Baishali. Wishing you a wonderful amazing joyous sparkling and scintillating New Year 2014. Hope to be reading more lovely poems from you in 2014. Best Wishes Ram
Powerful poem about two women loving same man. You have expressed the feelings of "the wrong one" beautifully. The last sentence shines brightly. Women who love are no whores; a woman who is married to a man just for his money IS the Queen of Whores to me.
A hug and Happy New Year.
:)
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