Gain A Saint, Lose Mother Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Gain A Saint, Lose Mother

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Canonised, she gets a saint's halo—
From mothers' mellow pink to yellow,
Saints shine from starry sphere,
Mothers be far too near,
Saints in skies, mothers work from below.
And if I aught be clear
A mother has no peer.
Whilst saints from pedestals' pale light glow—
Not high, mother's nigh close to follow.
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Happenings | 02.09.16 |

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Mother Teresa is canonised as saint (4th Sept 2016) . Of course she gets a halo, the world a new saint. But humanity I feel may lose someone more precious, a mother. Sainthood may not have been gained on motherhood's gallows, yet, left to her I think she would have preferred to remain a mother, no more. A mother can be saintly; a saint may not take her place. And she as ‘Mother Teresa' invokes no lesser a halo.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rajnish Manga 06 August 2020

This is the true perception of an humanist. The world needs people who dedicate their lives in the service of humanity and can physically treat the ailing and mitigate the sufferings of the poor and the destitute. Thanks for this poem of utmost concern for human values and for those who uphold those values in the true sense of the word.

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Aniruddha Pathak 09 August 2020

Hi dear Rajnish Manga, it is always a treat to read your comments. And I must thank you for visiting this poem to which no one's attention was drawn till youdug it out from the old.

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