Yes, it's a fine age. She is in her 40's.

Her 40's

I have known many times-

my heart stopping the beat

I have known many times-

my heart beating much more it needs

still I keep searching for,

when I ever know it couldn't be found 

it couldn't be found here and there

it couldn't be found now and then 

it couldn't be found

 in no one else 

than to me…

Yet the search 

is one fine beautiful journey

that thrills and kills.

I am a woman in the 40's

And I ought to go through pain 

and pleasure 

The pleasure of postpartum,

eased the pain of all tougher journeys 

yet to handle 

And if I couldn't, who can 

and no woman can

The pain can't just kill

it thrills instead, as if you race a car 

and run a machine 

the machine only a woman 

can handle in all thrill

and she deals with the 

throb of a heart 

and listens to the cries of 

postpartum, where she 

discovers a new mother

a new woman 

a phenomenal new woman 

and the phenomenally old mother.

She is ready to take any chance 

She is ready to take any will 

She is ready to take any course

She is ready to take any action

She is ready to take any walk 

She is ready to take any strategy 

As she knows well, the space she belongs to 

and the space meant for her alone 

And drove through, in no extortion

And my heart stopped beating.

@Parvathy Ramachandran