THE UNBOSOM

Eighteen years ago, I held him in my arms 

with the utmost affection and a demeanour that was nowhere calm.

and all these years, I witnessed him transforming every moment 

like the caterpillar in the cocoon

The innumerable naggings to study a lil more 

The constant bickerings on the junk food he devoured

Now seemed so frivolous

I could see his excitement to spread his wings far and wide

To embrace the new acquired freedom in his stride.

And as a surreal life beckoned him now 

 I left him at the altar of his Alma Mater

with a bright smile on his face 

 and tears that adorned my eyes like the frilly lace

It was time to bid adieu to him though for a lil while

Knowing that one way might lead to another

making the Homecoming rather farther 

The Unbosom had begun

My son, whom I had kept close to my heart 

was now exposed to the world of heartbreaks, the achievements, the failures, the fear of loss and the love of attachments.