Hail to my mother tongue.
Has words for every detail,
every relationships, every feeling
a rarity in other languages
Uncles, maternal and paternal
have different connotations,
so do aunts, sisters and brothers
elder and younger.
Happiness, grief, take expressions
deliver dramatics at times
veiled in most circumstances
interesting in a way.
It is Tamil, an ancient dialect,
extends a sway unparalleled.
Sense a pride of belonging
unable to draft in verse.
,
,
Meenas Poems 