I am an amateur poet, expressing my feelings, my emotions through my writing. But today, I give credit to the great Tamil poet Bharatiyar. Through his piece titled "Aasai Mugam", he tries to remember the face of his mother. Having lost a photograph of her, he wonders at his own forgetfulness. Bharatiyar remembers the tender love his mother showed him, and still wonders how he can forget the face of the woman who loved him so. "What is the use of the eyes that have forgotten the face of Lord Krishna?" he asks himself, berating his own mind that remembers nothing but her touch, her laughter, but not her face. There exists no bee that has forgotten the taste of honey, flowers that have forgotten the radiance of light and beans that have forgotten the sky in this world, and he berates his forgetful existence. I confess that I am moved by these verses, plain, simple and beautiful as they are and I pray that I do not forget the people that are most important to me in life.
Aasai mugam marandhu poache
Idhai yaaridam solvenadi thozhi
Naesam marakkavillai nenjam
Enil ninaivu mugam marakkalaamo?
Kannil theriyudhoru thoatram
Adil kannanazhagu muzhidillai
Nannu mugavadivu kaanil
Anda nalla malarch chirippai kaanom
Thaenai marandirukkum vandum
Olichirappai marandhuvitta poovam
Vaanai marandhurukkum payirum
Indha vaiyam muzhudumillai thoazhi
Kannan mugam maranduponaal
Inda kangalirundhu payanundo?
Vannap padamumillai kandaen
Ini vaazhum vazhiyennadi thoazhi
