Father, I love you.
My mind embraces the past
With longing and remembrance
The times we relished.
You were my bosom friend
Our intimacy beyond words lay
Never were we fatigued
Of chatting together.Secrecies unknown to others
We buried between us.
Father, you loved me!
And I adored you.
Every evening I remember,
Father’s little girl
In silly pigtails
Hovering over the gate
Awaiting your arrival
How my heart inflamed
To glimpse you far away
Looking warm as ever
I even beat the wind
To rush to you
You swept me up in your arms
And smothered me up with kisses
Off we went together
To pick shells and pebbles
And you lay listening
With incredible patience
To my endless prattle.
Memories bring those moments
To my mind-
The moments we giggled
And cracked silly jokes
The moment my heart
Was bruised by someone
You sang to me
A deep song of love
A song known only
To me and you
You played with my curls
Brushed away tears
And made funny tales
Until my heart was nursed
Father, years have passed
And now I am grown up
Too big to sit on your lap
And play with your ears
But dear father
Though times change
And people too
My love’ll never fail
Father you are part of me
You moulded me
From childhood innings
My words breathe your thoughts
And my little actions reveal
For I take after you, father.
None can untie our hearts
They are forever.
Our souls are enchanted
The enchantment is eternal
No treasure on earth
Can equal my love for you
Its existence is its price.
This is written for my dad whom I love better than myself. I was close to his heart in more ways than I could understand. He was my friend and I never felt the necessity for companionship in anybody else. My world with him had a kind of magic, the nature or origin of which I could never decipher in words.
Published in ‘Sri Aurobindo’s Action’ in 1997, in ‘Hello Student” in 1995.
ANUSHA.U.R.
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13 yrs
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