This is officially my first collaboration. I am fortunate to be able to do it with Dajena, one of the most imaginative poets I have come across in WP. Take a look at her blog @ MOONSKITTLES for both poetic delights and enlightenment.
For flower bud, your name was given to you.
Mother full of devotion, care and grace.
Loving the sick, the broken widow, the poor.
born during the dying days of an empire,
amid chaos, upheaval, bloodshed and genocide,
then as a Loreto in Bengal you arrived!
Your words inspired, hands healed, smiles rejoiced.
The life you lead, a lighthouse of Holy Scrolls.
Actions of love you gifted to all the broken souls.
your calling came amid the din of partition
to be a servant of the poorest of the poor
and make the destitute leper your kith and kin!
its’ tongue against your stance on abortion
and your affinity with the top echelon,
propagated by people, happy in doing naught;
people, who as soon as something is being done
must cry aloud, admonishing its forms and thoughts!
Woe, such bitter tongues did not even spare Yash’wa
but with your heart pledged to him, it was natural!
Your life led by the light, a crown of our world.
When we feel like we’re just a drop in grand ocean
your words urge to find meaning within.
Icon of compassion, poor and disadvantaged,
your love crosses borders, defies casts.
Your Albanian roots, you never forgot
nor your mother’s piety and urges to love.
for your treasure was nothing but God.
thus in death too you shine from where the eternal beings glow!
*Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu is Mother Theresa’s full name. Gonxhe means a bud of flower in Albanian.
Visited Mother Terea’s home in Kolkata three weeks ago. Her board outside always reads ‘In’ . I loved that . Am hoping her light shines for a long time . This one again is a wonderful ode to a super star of a mother 🙂
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merci!
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Beautiful! Lovingly expressed!
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thanks a lot! my apologies for the late response!
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No problem, Amit Rahmit. Thank you for the loving share about Mother Teresa!
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you are most welcome!
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Thank you. Please keep these lights in your prayers as well
http://waragainsteatingdisorder.com/2015/11/13/the-crying-freeborn-bound-lives-in-our-world/
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of course!
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Mashallah true light
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thank you!
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Beautiful collab! 👍🏼
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thank you!
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Just headed over from Dajena’s where it read this beautiful poem!! Well done both of you… What a lovely piece.. Glad to have known you through her 🙂 cheers…. Do stop by my site when you have a moment…
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of course I would… I am grateful for your stopping by mine!
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Beautiful both. Love the line “For your treasure was nothing but God,” I think it sums up Mother Theresa very well, why she did all the good she did and for whom.
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yes, that is true! thank you!
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Very nice. I admire any artist who can collaborate.
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thank you!
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Superbly done, both of you! 👏🏽❤️
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thank you brother!
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You’re welcome, Amit!
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my pleasure!
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I am thankful for your words dear friend. I hope our poem will inspire many.
Dajena ❤
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Amen!
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😀
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