Everyday - A Newpage

Blank mind writes blanks

Spaces made for heart to fill up

Heart has lot to pour

In those fill in the gaps

It completes the blanks with  numerous sentences

Blanks bleed, blood flows

Sentences runs on the road

Wild, weird, furious not knowing “Where”

Panic struck! Hands shiver!! Ink cries, tears drop; scribbling!

Till the page tear

And the whole story tore 

Two hearts apart

Deleted forever

New page begins

Season changed

Spring blooms 

And the world- busy

Characters busy

Preparing themselves to be polished again

To be fitted in another set of jewellery

Kalpana Shah

Kalpana's Poems & Writings

Kalpana’s imagination

Ordeal of Saaf Safai

This name saaf safai sounds weird. It makes me reason out internally, apprehensive about what saaf they will do? Eventually I decide to give them incharge of my house.

 

Decided days dates and payment.  Early morning knock, i open and find two men with sleeveless tees and folded tracks, head tied with handkerchiefs, grinning with folded hands, “Namaste Bhabie!”

With my half sleepy eyes look at them, for a minute… dazed, numb i stare. “Bhabie! Saafsafai” ohh no! Just forgotten.  “Arey, itna Subah savere?? “ litle irritated me! He laughs, “aat baje bola na, savere ke sade aat ho gaye!” I look at a clock, grumbling inside, cursing diwali! Now no option left i let them in.  Dilemma starts here. After half an hour bhabie chai aur naasta do! Yet we have also not begun ours.  I tell them to wait for my maid. My husband, children venting out one year anger on me. “ why do you want to …. Diwali is nothing new! Stop following old parampara!! Warning them! Don’t let them touch my stuffs in case lose anything.” I tell them to wind up and keep in the cupboard. “ No. not now!! I am already late.” And they leave. 

Bhabi, “Give us 3-4 napkins, surf, and mopper. “So do I!! After half an hour, “paani chahiye” with paani and breakfast supplied i take a sigh of relief. After an hour, “ Abhie idhar aao! Humare saath khade raho! Kya kya rakhna hai aur kya nikalna?” With eyes of expectations. For two hours i am there with them. “ bhook lagi hai ! Khana khake aate hai 200/- rs do.” After an hour and half they are back. “ itne der kyun lagi?” “Humko bhi aaram toh chahiye na… kyun nahin karna aaram?” “Theek hai” i say and they resume. Sharp at four, “ chai, naste ka waqt ho gaya.” Now my temperature soaring, tears welled up my eyes. “ chai, nasta adhe ghante ke baad milega.” Yet i have not bathed nor have eaten properly, just entertaining and attending them.  After a while at 5:00 they come and say “ abhi, aaj ka din poora, phir kal aayenge.” And they leave

So tomorrow again… same turmoil! I have started to hate Diwali saaf safai and after that crackers se cash ki safai. 

Ohh god!! No diwali again please!!

I don’t know whether they are the ones helping me or I ? 🤔