Walking on the edge of a river poems-30 (Telugu original written by Dr.C.Bhavani Devi, English Translation by Swathi Sreepada)

Walking on the edge of a river-30

English Translation – Swathi Sreepada

Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi

A black mother

But her dreams are
Always red
But the experiences in life are
Black … pitch black …
When an infant takes birth
No color suits the pain of a mother
On entire path
The agony of water color
Resides in those eyes
Throughout her black body
All blood vessels are red only
Under the inferiority complex filled
wrong feel of globes
Hidden black muscles
Still put their head down blackish
But her dreams
Fly as white pigeons
Waiting for the full moon …
Hiding ashamed of every dawn
As a prisoner with black veil on face
Wishes to give birth to a red son
The dream of a black mother
Will be always red in color
But the facts that plague life are
Black and still black only

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