To Friendship Travails

No earthly, divine, human law

When our paths crossed bond us

Yet true faith made you

My life’s greatest confidant

A companion, unwavering and true.

Lost had I, my roots, broken wings

Forgotten my urge to fly.

A few steps more, become one

Might I’ve, with Death’s old soul

You brought back the receding waves

Of a child’s lost sea of dreams

In the pet name of endearing, fatherly tones,.

And the chocolates a little girl yearned long back

When an aunt gave both to a sibling

And the little girl fought a night of tears

To know the reason for the painful difference

In a long walk examining trees, fruits, soil

You made me forget the difference

And remember smiles, forget tears.

In silence, reflecting the calm of the waters,

You implied, didn’t have a right to make I

Of my breath, a deliberate cessation.

You taught, how base an emotion despair is,

To nurture and life a challenge to live.

You taught me love’s strength, failure’s brevity,

Courage’s mettle, individuality’s essentiality

My steps to retrace you helped

To find roots, mend wings

And fly the skies high.

Like the redeemer of mankind

Perhaps you’ll redeem my life.

I try a tough climb, to see

Bright stars in dark skies

Remembering a seagull and waters deep

I trust in your pride and joy

When I scale heights

For I know, if I stumble and falter

You’ll still pray for my strength

To believe in my next climb.

ANUSHA.U.R.

17 yrs