She’s caught in the rush of hurrying feet Snippets of conversations Of laughter, exclamations She’s caught in a tidal wave Of teeming, streaming life She’s caught in the swell Of people of voices, of sights and smells Riding the vital wave Pushing ahead Her silk scarf catches the breeze Of swelling, surging humanity She feels it pull Floating just a little in front of her She quickens her step Her feet instinctively keeping up With the urgency of life She feels something In her gut, the pit of her stomach A ripple, almost a laugh! She inhales deeply, she can’t place This sudden lightness of being It feels out of place This morning, mourning She had felt like lead Now like vapor she rises up Colourless, clean In that moment she’s someone else Propelling her body like a comet Lighter, brighter almost serene
She arrives at her gate 8A The same number, the place Where this very morning She had buried them She had forgotten For a few moments Who she was She was desolation and grief itself Wearing the bruises of loss Mourning only this morning It all came back dawning As she came to herself As her blood remembered And curdled inside A freezing, heaving cauldron of chills She sank into the depths of her seat 9B There was a sequence Monumental, compelling To her agony She had to remember She couldn’t forget Her world had ended When she had buried her dead.
We are all well..thanks, and how are you?
We’ve just returned after a couple if weeks in Colombo followed by a week in Jaipur and the Ranthambore tiger reserve, with one super sighting.
Daughter Lelani is getting married in the summer to a really nice mixed African-American-Caribbean lad called Myles from Chicago and we’ll be doing two visits to Chicago, first next month for planning, and then in August for the wedding itself……hoping it all goes well..
We’re hoping to be back in Colombo around Sept/Oct…. let’s try and meet up then if you are there….
Take care…. and give us news..
And more from the open
Cheers
Hello Mahiman,
Missed you again this time. I’m in Dubai with the family. Major reunion in progress 😄
Congratulations in advance on Lelani’s wedding. Wishing all the best to the couple.
I’ll be in colombo until end of September. Then traveling again. Hope to see you before then.
Getting back to colombo in a couple of days and getting my children’s book number 3 into print .
Another book is in the offing by the end of the year – poetry book number 2 this time 🤞🏽
I hood you’re keeping up to date with my books during each of your trips 🤓
Glad all well generally.
All my best 🌸
Mahvash Mohtadullah - The Roaming Desi 
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Hi Mahvash,
We are all well..thanks, and how are you?
We’ve just returned after a couple if weeks in Colombo followed by a week in Jaipur and the Ranthambore tiger reserve, with one super sighting.
Daughter Lelani is getting married in the summer to a really nice mixed African-American-Caribbean lad called Myles from Chicago and we’ll be doing two visits to Chicago, first next month for planning, and then in August for the wedding itself……hoping it all goes well..
We’re hoping to be back in Colombo around Sept/Oct…. let’s try and meet up then if you are there….
Take care…. and give us news..
And more from the open
Cheers
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Hello Mahiman,
Missed you again this time. I’m in Dubai with the family. Major reunion in progress 😄
Congratulations in advance on Lelani’s wedding. Wishing all the best to the couple.
I’ll be in colombo until end of September. Then traveling again. Hope to see you before then.
Getting back to colombo in a couple of days and getting my children’s book number 3 into print .
Another book is in the offing by the end of the year – poetry book number 2 this time 🤞🏽
I hood you’re keeping up to date with my books during each of your trips 🤓
Glad all well generally.
All my best 🌸
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