Rianka Bose Saha
At the end of mirage street
I set up shop one day
Bits of broken promises
And famished love
Trinkets galore,
my tiny shop soon created a furore
The shop runs brisk
There is never a dull moment nigh
I sit quietly amidst my wares
As the miserable world passes by
Some lies I have sold for a higher price
Some come too cheap
I don’t care if they make you squirm
There are no promises, I keep
And then a mother walks in one day
Her eyes swollen with tears
I tried to sell a lie to her
But then I tremble with fear
For a mother’s heart knows only love
And all my lies burn up and die
I close my shop and sit afraid
I let the moment pass me by
-Rianka Bose Saha
Beautiful, poignant, touched my core. Its one poem, i shall be coming back to repeatedly.
Beautiful💚💚💚
Poignant… Well expressed @rianka 💚💚💚
Rianka, poignant and touching. We humans live in a world full of lies and often miss out on true reality which is of higher value
Thank you 🙂
Wow!!! Beautiful
Beautiful! Expressed very well
Beautifully penned …..
An effortless way truth you be told and …
Loved it
So beautiful!! Adding this to my collection.. Loved it!
Thank you all ! For some technical reason I am not to add individual comments to each of you 🙂 thanking you for stopping by and reading it !
Rianka, I loved your analogy, motherhood penned in such beauty!
Beautiful, poignant poem. Loved it.
This is so beautiful Rianka, very touching. The love of a mother surpasses everything.
Poignant! Very well penned, dear👏👏👏💚
Touching ,beautifully written
# rulfy
Wow! The final lines are very heart touching.You cannot sold lies to a mother as a mother’s heart knows only love. This is so so true. Truly enjoyed reading it💚
Thank you every one 🙂
A beautiful poem! You managed to pack profound emotions in a few lines! Wonderful take on the prompt!
So heart touching! Brilliant interpretation.
What a beautiful poem, Rianka….Being regularly irregular at all writer’s places I am not familiar with most of the rules,prompts and poets but your name is one of the few I relate with soulful stuff! 😊😊 loved it! 👏👏