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Vidit Mahajan

Abstract Drama Tragedy

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Vidit Mahajan

Abstract Drama Tragedy

Step-father (21 Nov)

Step-father (21 Nov)

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Not long after my dad passed away,

A stranger entered our lives,

He was my mom’s friend, a pillar of support, 

Adjudged the town’s other wives


I did not give a long thought,

Occupied I was in mourning my loss,

But somehow I felt as if,

I was the only one in grief, feeling morose


I had never see my mother happier,

Seemed like she wanted things to go as they had,

I never once saw her lament,

On the loss of her husband, my dad


What started as polite, silent conversations,

Had turned into a rowdy affair,

I witnessed my mother, snogging the stranger,

On more than one occasion, if I’m being fair


She deserved the romance,

The feeling of being loved,

Why then was I,

Feeling guilty, ignored and undeserved


The stranger smiled wildly,

And talked cheerily when mom was around,

At other times, he was cold and uninterested,

Unafraid that his true character I might expound


A time had come for me to fight,

The stranger had fomented a widening,

Me and my mom never spent time anymore,

Talking and gossiping of all things passing


I had always been my daddy’s girl,

Maybe that’s why I was being punished,

On the first anniversary of his death,

My mother married the stranger, leaving me anguished


A thought came to me,

Probably not my best one,

I packed my bags and left my house,

I did not stop to run


It’s been decades since I abandoned my mother,

Feels like centuries,

My childhood house and friends, I lost,

And all of our shared memories,


No one’s come looking for me,

My prayers fell on deaf ears, clearly,

Neither the stranger, nor my mother,

Whom I once loved dearly


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