MY MOTHER

MY MOTHER, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

my mother
shamim shakir
was known as
begum ..from
pata nala
lucknow
married my
dad mohomed
shakir
lakhnavi
fair and
handsome
her children
firoze najma
shakil farzana
rehana zahir
firdaus who
was the last
drop of my
dad to come
united seven
a thought
that makes
me numb
me naive
totally dumb
after the death
of my parents
who lived at
3 mohini mansions
strand cinema
colaba .. we lost
our bearings
our foresight
lost illusions
lost hope
lost kingdom
a joint grave
of their
togetherness
at rehmatabad
shia cemetery
mazgaon
memories
nibbled
crumbs