I'm sure this question strikes a chord in the mind of anyone who has ever received love - love from a partner, love from a mother, love from a friend... However, sometimes, one may often go really far (read as metaphorically) to love someone whom you don't even know yet, to love someone whom you have not even touched yet, to love someone whom you have not even seen yet- to love your unborn kid!!! Don't you think that a woman has to go really far to get closer to this 'someone', who is yet to be born. I say so because every woman has to cross a huge distance in her head trying to endure all kinds of physical discomfort and pain (even the thought of labor pain brings me a tic!!!), put a hold on some of her career aspirations, overcome her deepest fears, accept some permanent bodily changes, fight with the biological clock, etc.
Indeed, a woman goes very far to come closer to this 'someone' - who is yet to be born!
I have tried to express this thought through a poem that highlights how far a woman has to go physically and emotionally to get closer to this 'someone', who is yet to be born.
(This poem brings out the thought process of a woman who has just discovered about her pregnancy and the things that she has to confront in her head!!!)
I have been over thinking about it...
Chewing every piece bit by bit...
The news was a shock, I will admit...
But come what may, I will not quit!!!
At 31, I guess I'm already late...
'Responsibility' is a word with lot of weight...
More of check-ups and less of dinner dates?
Priorities will alter, I reinstate...
Career is now a Sand-clock put at rest...
No salary cheque, put me at test...
I'm very worried, I will confess...
My peers will progress, while I rest...
My body has started to change...
The perfect size zero is up for exchange...
I'm definitely different, at close range...
Accepting it will no more be strange...
Labor pain equals twenty fractures?
More difficult than being Margaret Thatcher...
Why is it so difficult to manufacture?
Trying to think, but can't capture...
Fun now will be, Sports day > Sky Diving
Books now will be, Ronald Dahl > Ayn Ryand
Money now will be, Savings > Spending
'But' life now will be more beautiful and fulfilled...
I smile in peace finally...
Trusting the higher force reliably...
All will be good, I think silently...
And I will be only bright and lively...
I will dedicate this blog particularly to all those women who have and who will undergo this difficult journey. The good thing is that with a loving and caring partner, this journey becomes a bit easier. I know of one such lovely couple- Sumeet and Chetna (http://bit.ly/1epU8Uj) and I wish them only the bestest best :)
~Cheers
Indeed, a woman goes very far to come closer to this 'someone' - who is yet to be born!
I have tried to express this thought through a poem that highlights how far a woman has to go physically and emotionally to get closer to this 'someone', who is yet to be born.
I have been over thinking about it...
Chewing every piece bit by bit...
The news was a shock, I will admit...
But come what may, I will not quit!!!
At 31, I guess I'm already late...
'Responsibility' is a word with lot of weight...
More of check-ups and less of dinner dates?
Priorities will alter, I reinstate...
Career is now a Sand-clock put at rest...
No salary cheque, put me at test...
I'm very worried, I will confess...
My peers will progress, while I rest...
My body has started to change...
The perfect size zero is up for exchange...
I'm definitely different, at close range...
Accepting it will no more be strange...
Labor pain equals twenty fractures?
More difficult than being Margaret Thatcher...
Why is it so difficult to manufacture?
Trying to think, but can't capture...
Fun now will be, Sports day > Sky Diving
Books now will be, Ronald Dahl > Ayn Ryand
Money now will be, Savings > Spending
'But' life now will be more beautiful and fulfilled...
I smile in peace finally...
Trusting the higher force reliably...
All will be good, I think silently...
And I will be only bright and lively...
I will dedicate this blog particularly to all those women who have and who will undergo this difficult journey. The good thing is that with a loving and caring partner, this journey becomes a bit easier. I know of one such lovely couple- Sumeet and Chetna (http://bit.ly/1epU8Uj) and I wish them only the bestest best :)
~Cheers
Hena
