'Mamma Calling ....'

Dedicated to All Mamma's : )

‘Mamma Calling’…

As he was all set to leave for work today,

‘Mamma Calling’…. His cell displayed … on his way,

Just reminded him that he was supposed to call his mamma long back,

But workload did encroach him… Time… Yes time… He did lack…

His stressed and tensed face suddenly wore a fake smile…

So that his mom does not know his tensions for a while…

Earlier,

When he was a kid… His world was his Mamma,

Back then he was busy, wrapped around her arms somehow…

Today,

He is busy, but, he is wrapped around workload now…

‘Hello Mamma’... He replied… Trying to be all happy and gay,

He had fallen short of any topics, he had nothing to say,

‘How are you baby?’ … Came the reply,

None asked him this since long, He looked above… He was all set to cry …

He got composed and again brought back that smile,

‘Yes Mama, I am all right’… he said hiding his trial …

Earlier,

He would enjoy with his Mamma every season,

To stare at stars pinned up tight… all night he needed no reason…

But now,

Sitting in his centralized AC office today,

Every season looks the same in every possible way …

Then she asked…’When will you come home… When will you land?’

He replied roughly, ‘Mamma I have project deadlines, you wont understand'…

‘Baby, tell me you love me before you hang up…’, she said, her voice shivering with tear,

‘Yes, mama I do’, came a rough reply, as he saw his boss coming near…

Earlier,

He would keep irritating his mamma while she would be in the kitchen all busy,

But she never got irritated; she would just smile not get dizzy…

But now,

That he has reached the skies, he has no time for his mamma … his first love,

He needs to keep an entry in his to-do- list… he gives his left over time… to talk to her somehow…

Few days later, he again got a call, ‘Mamma Calling…’ his phone screen blinked,
He didn’t  pick the phone as he was in the midst of a meeting,

But his phone rang time and again…

Irritated, he left the meeting room… and picked the call…

But…he heard a stranger’s voice this time…’Mamma wants to meet you ‘...
He replied sternly … ‘I have my project release in a week’,
As he was about to hang up, the voice on the other end said…

'But it’s her release too … Her eyes are waiting to see you one last time'...

This news struck him with a lightning speed,

He told his boss he had to leave urgently… indeed,

He took the first flight and reached home, to see his mamma,

Looking at the crowd at the door step he got totally dazzled…

He went to his mammas room and saw her lying on bed,

Holding her tight he totally broke down … ‘Sorry’… was all he said,

With tears in her eyes taking her last breath she said,’ Tell me you love me baby’

‘I love you… I love you… Will always do… now and forever Mamma…’ was his reply…

________________________________________Rashmi (3^rd July, 2010)