English poem by Durba Mitra

NO COLOUR ON HOLI

Ma
You had gone
Into coma
On Diwali

I took out
All the plugs
Of all the
Life saving machines.

Brought you home
Baba wanted
You there

.

You had
Kept breathing !
Diwali to Holi
You lived.

Then
You stopped..
Just
Two hours
Before
I reached you.

No lights
On Diwali....
No colours
On Holi....
For me
Anymore.