A Much Younger Bird. Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

She was in my vicinity for a year
By when she was a princess, though married,
So slim, so fair, so smooth, earning my crush.
It happened about three decades ago.

She was there, where I went for a meeting,
By when she looked a queen, a little plump,
Ignored by her attention, i had felt..
It happened about a decade later.

She sent me a card for her son's wed.
A great surprise because we had no link
Ever since and because we departed
Long back without knowing each other.

A grand reception in a grand city
An overnight journey away was it.
Her attempts to access my whereabouts
Showed her concern and brought my presence.

She looked as fair and lovely as she was,
Except with some added looks of affluence,
And she came to receive me with open arms.
It happened about two decades later.

The last contact has been fully restored
With the flow of close communication
Sustained by mutual interest accrued..
A widow as she is, I am valued.
02.10.2019