24 years ago, on this day,
While I was on my boarding away,
To pick me up, my uncle came,
Saying Mama wants you at home.
I reached home, to see my Dad in a coffin,
Eyes closed, hands clasped, serene face content.
He has taken his eternal afterlife, a lone attempt,
Abode to the new place, without us, his loved kin.
Clergy offered the last rites, with us akin,
Entrusting his soul to the Father Almighty;
Amen's were heard, with hopes for eternity,
It seems that all need to enter the eternal inn.
"Cardiac arrest, while in sleep," doctors claimed,
His tall lean body, by now, swollen and blued.
"How come, he is just 42?" many exclaimed,
"Cigarettes burnt his heart," somber voices heard.
I saw Mama crying, leaning to his body,
Numbness was my feeling, unable to cry.
For this is the first departure I'm witnessing,
First ever in my life, and it was just a beginning.
It was the beginning of pains in our lives Dad,
To bring us up, Mama toiled her life hard;
Your children titled fatherless; while we felt orphaned,
Gone were joys, crept in fears, and three souls deserted.
Fate cannot be stopped, a lesson hard learned,
But wasn't it too early for us to learn life lessons?
Life again taught us, while we hid our silent mourns,
Only a few kind souls stood by, when we limbed.
I wish that you are back, though I know by now,
That it's a wish in vain, to have your lips on my brow.
So are, to be wrapped in your arms long and lean,
Melting my pains and aches, feeling soul divine.
With time, my complaints have been against God!
"How to complain on the fate, to Creator Himself?" tell me Dad.
For it's being taught that, He designs the fates,
The births and deaths, and we humans punished for errs.
Time heals and pain littles, people say,
But till day, my chest aches, people lie I say.
On this day, all I need is a hug from you Dad,
I raise my solemn request to the God, our Lord!!
We missed you Dad, till day, in our lives!!
