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June 30, 2025

Ma: Departure!

By Pranab Ghosh

Ma: Departure!


Death…
Is cold!

I touched her
For one last time
As
Memories
Flesh
And
Blood
Lay prostrate
Before the sliding
Iron gates…
As
Warm as fresh tears!

The gate slid
Open.
She rolled into the
Crimson red dream!

I consigned the
Ashes to
The Ganges…



Some hours later!







Article © Pranab Ghosh. All rights reserved.
Published on 2025-06-23
1 Reader Comments
Susan Brumel
06/23/2025
11:45:39 PM
What a beautiful poem about loss, keeping, and letting go. So beautiful in its simplicity.
Thank you for sharing it with us.

Sue
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