Unchained Melody

Unchained Melody
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In shattered dreams and rivers of tears
Under eastern skies, a world far apart
A girl child was born, a beacon of light
A stake through her mother’s heart

She knew she couldn’t have another child
A girl would simply not do
She cursed herself and cursed the Gods
Caged and shackled in her social milieu

In her deep dark dreams she wanted a son
An answer to the fears of her heart
Over Mahjong and saake she sealed a deal
A black devil’s poison dart

A lawyers pen, a few months of grain
A readymade son she got
Her fears drained, sanity regained
She did what she thought she would not

The clinical hands of time, worked on blind
The seasons merged and changed
The boy grew up with a twisted mind
A bully, a gambler, a prince deranged

As the sun goes down in her twilight years
And cancer breeds as she breathes
Her daughter’s scalpel and healing touch
Gives her life and a meaning to live

Her son’s long gone in shattered dreams
A master of unspeakable things
A mother’s sorrow and nature’s curse
Sowing wild seeds in turbulent winds

For a score of years, or a little more
Old and broken, she’s not so sure
She lives with her daughter and flowers bloom
A priestess no more of the temple of doom

In the twilight years, another flower is born
The mind is clear, the old ghosts are long gone
The winds of change blow in through the door
Love rushes by and pirouettes on the floor

As the vision blurs with tears of joy
And she knocks gently on heaven’s door
Is it her daughter or grand daughter on her lap
Or, does it really matter anymore?