Sleepy eyes slowly coming to wakefulness
Recognition slowly dawning on his face-
His lips quirk in a semblance of a smile-
And at a shot, he’s out of bed,
toddling around in wondrous rapture.
His eyes are lit up by the streaking sunbeams
he tries to catch-
Vivid at the sight of the riot of colour
in the garden-
Tender when he sees a little bird or his
Little kitten purring at his feet.
His diamond eyes never lose their sparkle-
Because he’s a sun child!
His peal of laughter rings around-
Its music to my ears:
His gurgle of laughter fills me with a
consuming sense of happiness and elation-
Because he’s mine!
After watching the crimson-gold sun go down
with a curiousness that nothing can surpass,
he nestles close to me;
And with a satisfied sigh,
his eyelids shut, to capture within
The sun in his hands, and the stars
all his to play with;
To frolic with angels in Heaven;
To know every joy of nature.
The world’s all his and so am I
For he’s my Sun Child!
16 Jan. ’81
Note: Arjun, for whom this is 🙂 was born way after this…. I had no thought of marriage at his point, since I was still in college 😀 . The miracle is the write itself, how it came, and how, Arjun came to be just like this, esp. as a baby, and a young boy 🙂 🙂 Talk of anticipation 🙂
July 21, 2008 at 2:37 am
L.O.V.E.L.Y!!!
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October 17, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Sash.. 🙂
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April 12, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Wow!!!!
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April 12, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Thanks Meena 🙂
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April 12, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Awww… Made me cry! This is possibly your best! And that’s saying something!My best to you and your son!
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April 13, 2009 at 5:23 am
Surbhi.. thank you so much!And am so sorry for not getting there, wl do so once I am back home, end of the month 🙂
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April 1, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Beautiful!! It brought tears to my eyes….
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April 11, 2010 at 11:14 am
I reread this and it's so beautiful! Made me get some semblance of an idea about how beautiful it must be to be a mother.
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April 11, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Thank you for reading it again, Aayushi 🙂 And yes, motherhood is a beautiful thing 🙂
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April 11, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Usha, this is so beautifully done. 🙂 I have not words.
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April 11, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Shail 🙂 Thank you!
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April 14, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Beautiful words beautifully woven. :)Expression of mother's emotions for the child is nicely expressed.
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May 2, 2010 at 8:42 pm
thats a beauty!
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February 8, 2012 at 8:31 am
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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April 12, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Hitchy 🙂 🙂 😀 Thank you for those smiles!
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March 24, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Amazing ! You got what you wanted – your Sun Child 🙂
This is so beautiful Usha 🙂
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April 3, 2014 at 11:24 pm
Thank you Uma 🙂
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