Marriage....

Being the bridegroom,

I witnessed

Both bridal laughter and bridal tear.

Arrayed in the beautiful sari under golden veil,

With a heart full of buckets

Of emotions And

Eyes full of sky kissing dreams,

The lunar face reached the altar.

With the chanting of mantra,

My fingers brushed

On her forehead

To adorn cardinal vermilion.

As I made her wear the sacred thread around her neck

And we circled around holy fire,

Glimpse of her smile

Justified bridal laughter

Of forming the world

With her man of dreams.

As the cowrie game ended

The marriage

And time rang the bell to leave her maternal home,

Bridal tears gushed like ocean from her eyes.

Father became emotional,

Mother became disheartened

To see her darling leaving home,

Friends sang epithalamium

To bid adieu.

Bridal tears unknowingly

Fell on my shoulder,

Singing the bridal song

And among all the chaos,

The chauffeur ran the car to reach the destination.