Painful Minds of a Wife and a Son

It is a Practical Picture

SAIKAT KUMAR DUTTA

She weeps while touching the books,
those my father used to read carefully everyday,
this is so painful to think and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while watching the blank chair,
on which my father used to sit for taking dinner everyday,
this is so sorrowful to realize and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while touching the suits and shirts,
those my father used to wear comfortably everyday,
this is so doleful to feel and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while sitting on the bed,
on which my father used to sleep everyday,
this is so painful to think and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while seeing the wrist-watch,
which my father used to see for checking the time everyday,
this is so sorrowful to realize and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while touching the mobile phone,
by which my father used to talk and listen everyday,
this is so doleful to feel and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while seeing the cup and dish,
by which my father used to drink tea everyday,
this is so painful to think and also to say,
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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She weeps while watching the framed photograph of my father,
which my father saw in this condition never any day,
did you feel how much this poem was painful to write and to say ?
Oh God ! How can I stop her tears, tell me the way.
Because,
A son may be a son, may be an advisor or may be a friend,
But,
A son can never be the substitute of her sweetheart husband.

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Published by SAIKAT KUMAR DUTTA

I am a Zoologist and presently researching on the field of animal study in University of Calcutta, India ,and I published my works on different journals of Zoology, also I am a poet.  View profile

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  • Lodie Quezada9/21/2010

    Great! Great!

  • Sandra Hatfield7/23/2009

    I again had hair raise on the back of my neck. I also had tears form. God bless your family.

  • Rebecca Wrenn3/10/2009

    This was so beautiful and so sad, Saikat; my heart was moved! (^;^) I have lost both a younger brother and sister and my father died in 1985. My heart goes out to you and your mother. God bless you, your mother, and your family and may you all find peace and comfort in remembering happier times with your father and sharing his memory with others.

  • jpsixbear11/2/2008

    you truly have a poets soul-and talent

  • kinjal Bali10/31/2008

    You know how to move the souls.. beautifully explained..

  • manisha debhaumik8/23/2008

    None of us can fathom the depth of loss you and your mother feel. But your poem vey aptly expresses what cannot be explained just by talking. This is one of your most beautiful and sad creations....................

  • Amber Seber6/22/2008

    Very touching, Saikat. Bless you and your family :)

  • Cheryl Loux6/19/2008

    Wow, this was moving.

  • Deborah Faulk6/18/2008

    I am very touched by this emotional too
    I better quit before I cry

  • Secretsides6/15/2008

    What a blessing you are to your mother. What a blessing your talent is to you to be able to express you pain so eloquently and passionately through your grief . I am so sorry for you and your mother. Your father was a lucky and blessed man to have a son and wife like you are. God bless you through your pain.

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