दिलों में बस जाए तो मोहब्बत है वो,
कभी पत्नी-धर्म तो कभी बहू का कर्तव्य निभाती है वो,
कभी बहिन तो कभी ममता की मूरत है वो,
उनके आँचल में हैं से चाँद सितारे,
कभी सहेली बन कर हर दर्द -ग़म को छुपा लेते सीने में,
सब्र की मिसाल, हर रिश्ते की ताकत है वो,
कौन कहता है कि वो कमज़ोर है।

आज भी उनके हाथ में अपने घर को चलाने की डोर होती है।
वो तो दफ्तर भी जाते हैं, और अपने घर परिवार को भी संभालते हैं।
हौंसले और हिम्मत की पहचान है वो,
अपने हौसले से तक़दीर को बदलने की ताकत रखती है वो,
वो और कोई नहीं मेरी प्यारी Neha Mam है वो

मेरी नन्ही सी गुड़िया,  मेरी जान, मेरी बच्ची,
मुझे अच्छा नहीं लगता तुम्हें यूँ ही छोड़ कर ऑफिस आना,
मेरी इच्छा है कि हर पल तेरे पास और तुम्हें गोद में लिए रहूँ।
तेरी तोतली-2 बातें सुनू, तेरी छोटी -2 शरारते देखु  और जो मुझे खुश रखने में तेरी छोटी -2 शरारते बहुत काम आती है।
मेरी नन्ही सी गुड़िया,  मेरी जान, मेरी बच्ची,
तेरी मोहब्बत के साथ-2,
तेरे गुस्से मे भी मेरी अलग सी ख़ुशी छिपी हुई है।
जब मैं जान-बूझ कर तुम पर गुस्सा करु या
फिर रोने का नाटक करु,
मेरी बच्ची तुम मुझे देख कर भी रोना शुरू कर देती हो, तुम्हारी आँखों का नीर ऐसे बहता है
मानो गंगा और जमुना में बाढ़ आ गई हो।
वो पल भी उतना ही प्यारा है, तुम  तब तक रोते-रोते मम्मा- मम्मा मम्मा बोलते रहना जब तक तुम्हें मैं अपने सीने से नहीं लगा दूं।
मेरी नन्ही सी गुड़िया,  मेरी जान, मेरी बच्ची,
मैं तुम्हारी  छोटी-छोटी चीजों को बहुत संभाल कर रखती हूँ।  तुम्हारी वो हर निशानी,
तुम्हारे वो हर पल जिस में तुम्हारा बढ़ता हुआ बचपन को अपने फोन के कैमरे में कैद कर लेती हूँ।
ये सोच कर जब तुम बड़ी होगी तो तुम्हे बताओगी मेरी बच्ची, मेरी नन्ही सी गुड़िया,
जितना तुम मेरे लिए प्यारी हो उतनी ही तुम्हारी शरारती बहुत प्यारी है।
मुझे तुम और तुम्हारा साथ बहुत अच्छा लगता था
बस वो पल जिसमे तुम्हे छोड़ कर ऑफिस आना और पूरे दिन का तुम्हारा दरवाजे पे इंतज़ार करना,
तेरी मम्मा को अच्छा नहीं लगता था…..
मेरी नन्ही सी गुड़िया,  मेरी जान, मेरी बच्ची, मुझे अच्छा नहीं लगता तुम्हें यूँ ही छोड़ कर ऑफिस आना…I love You my Doll My lifeline

Missing my daughter
so much since lockdown so I
ordered her a hug

A soft heart cushion
so tiny so sweet , laced with
silver writing so

elegant like bright
stars in the night sky! just a
little hug to say

I love her and miss
her! Of course its not like a
real warm hug but for

now it will have to
do! Tis colour of daylight
Shines like the warm sun!

A loopy piece of
string attached , to hang it up
for my girl to see

Today she got it
through the post , made her smile , made
me smile too! Funny

how things have changed so
quickly , lockdowns hard , but health
and safety comes first!

Today sparkled sweet!
A hug through the post needed!
Raising spirits high!

Just to see her smile
Made my day all flowery
Love is wonderful ❤️❤️❤️

Yay I logged on..yay👍👍
Hello poetry must be
feeling much better!

Spoke to my daughter
today she’s seemed brighter , her
days up and down like

a yo-yo but more
uppy manageable days!
Being a mother

you just can’t help but
worry it’s called love 💕 Went to
the bank this morning

got there to early!!
Had to wait around for at
least half an hour!

Hey but that’s okay!
Caught up with my family
chat and had awesome

banter haha loved
it! You can’t let life make you
too serious you got

to laugh and smile and
be happy as much as you
can! Met my youngest

daughter , we had a
good chat then a latte..Yums 😊
Then home I went and

bumped into my
middle son , had another
latte! Where’s the toilet

urgent wee needed!
I love being a mum it’s
one of my best loves

of my life my heart
blossoms like big sunflower!
Back indoors I put

the dinner on! It’s
a beef stew and mash potatoes!
Then I heard the door

key and in walked my
husband smiling like always!
My heart still flutters

like a butterfly!🦋
Loving his kind eyes and his
wonderful smile 😊

Checked my email and
received confirmation! I
finally have a

job interview! I’m
over half a century old!
Will I even get

this job! Three people
goner be interviewing
me!! Daunting yes! Jeez

what have I got my
self into! O but sod it
I shall just be me!

Then I went swimming
with my friend!! I swam like a
frog and managed ten

lengths!! Loving the pool
water , loving the sky blue
colour just like a

August summers day!
Then got the munches! I blamed
swimming for building

up my appetite!!
Now in bed watching Netflex!
What a lovely day😊😊😊😊

Wooooo this poem is
so long if anyone reads
it thanks very much 👍😊💕🌺

I think
I've found love from an unlikely source
I've found it from something simple

I've found it from a simple laughter
I've found it from a simple brush of our arms
I've found it from a simple good morning
I've found it from a simple curve of his lips

I think
I've found love from an unlikely source
I've found it from the way he acts

I've found it from the way he looks my eyes
I've found it from the way he hold my hands
I've found it from the way he walks slowly to match my pace
I've found it from the way he talks to me

I think
I've found love from an unlikely source
I've found it from how great of a person he is

I've found it from how he can remember the things I've said before
I've found it from how he can be strong in times of pain
I've found it from how confident he can be
I've found it from how caring and loving person he is

As cliche as it may sound  
I think I've found love from an unlikely source
I've found it in his flaws and
He's a great person, he doesn't know it yet.

When I was growing up in Wisconsin, dairy farms were everywhere.  It was always fun visiting my aunt and uncle's dairy farm, even though they put me to work.  For many years the only bathroom they had was away from the house!  I read an article today about people complaining about smells coming from dairy farms and pig farms.  It reminded me when our family would drive the 3 1/2 hours to visit Grandma and Grandpa.  Some farms hardly had any bad odor, but others reeked!  This was especially horrible to us city kids.  "Mom, what's that smell?" my sisters and I would ask every time.  We asked Mom because she'd answer us.  Dad would only laugh.  Good times!  

Midwest dairy farms
intermittent putrid stench-
fun childhood road trips

Sometimes you can erase your life
Easy as tearing up old pages from a diary.

At first it might resist, but it eventually tears
Suddenly you’re free.
Hidden from yourself, once again

Easy as that and thrown away
Discarded into the bin.

You didn’t want anyone to see it.
To see you.

And now they won’t.

Later, you may think about those pages
Scenes from your life now lost
Thrown into the ******* trash
Like they didn’t matter.

You wonder what was on them
Were they really that bad?
Did you need to throw yourself away?
But you’re gone now, only vaguely remembered years past.

Why did you do that?
Why were you so afraid,
Why did you hate you so much
Why were those thick bundles of desperately blacked-out words
So wrong and so easy to throw out?
Taken out on trash day
Never to be seen again.

Maybe it was easy to throw away
But never easy to remember
Or forget.

Maybe it was hard to rip up
To tear your memories from your head
Took all your strength, your force, your everything.
But was it?

Shouldn’t it be harder to throw yourself away?