My Doll...So Beautiful...

Have gone by years... so many...

Twenty now...aren’t you?

It seems as if it was just yesterday...

That I had held close...my Dolly...so new...

I never had a doll, more beautiful than you...

Never had a gift from Ma so priceless...

You entered my life and it was painted bright...

Your smile got peace to my days so worthless...

My Dolly...so beautiful...do you remember?

How we had played in the muddy rain water...

How you had cried for the lost eraser...

The great rescue you had from your scary teacher...

                The fights we had over petty things...

                Whether Dad was yours and Ma was mine...

                The long hours of dirty homework you hated...

                “How many times to tell u Paandil...this is a point and that is a line!”

You always wanted a dress that was just like mine...

And I wanted your beautiful hair...

The way you would come running and fall into my bed...

“Didi...it’s dark and I am scared...”

               

I find solace in your lovely face...

Hate your tears ... so very rare...

I long for your soothing voice and supportive talks...

Your loving hands...and the way they care...

The heavens bestowed on me all they had...

And so I have you ...my best buddy...

You are no longer little...

I have seen you grow ...my Dolly...

It is your birthday today and I am away...

But I send you my blessings ...my baby...

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Happy Birthday Paandil!!:) love u lots!:*

The Firefly...

The Sun rises with pride,

The' bringer of dawn'... he says... he is...

Shines arrogant, burns bright...

Equal he says ...all brutal and contrite...

Life in many forms...

Hails his name...

He smiles and laughs seeing the insignificant...

His ways grow harsh ...grow more rampant...

As tiny as he could be...

Hides in the woods the gifted one...

Knows not that he is the' hope'...

Hope in the night ...the darkest one...

The Sun sets ablaze all the dried and the dead...

The mauve now  turns to fiery red...

He breathes in the heat, fills his chest...

Molten spreads the solar dread...

Blinded by the light, troubled by the heat...

The bug dares not to step out of the hiding...

He waits and waits longer...

Patience is all what he is preserving...

The fall then begins...

The dusk creeps in and infects the Sun...

The diseased ...now coughs and turns black and blue...

Challenged by time and age ...he finds no clue...

His end comes nearer...

He burns himself to ashes in the evening...

His arrogant remains swallowed mercilessly by the ocean...

He is gone...gone for the night ...to be reborn in the morning...

He gathers guts and steps out now...

Shaky and scared...timid and tiny...

The world seems so hostile to him...

Filled with suns so many ...hot and shiny...

               

He sees the dark...several times misses the mark...

            Gathers himself ...and finally... lights his little spark...

And there is light!

All around him...and within...

Fearless and strong he sees the twinkling stars applaud for him...

He has conquered the worst ...with his gift so unseen...

  

The life and death of the Sun now don't really matter...

The firefly smiles to see the way crystal clear

He has found himself in his light...he prays...

If not the day...the night is mine ...he says...

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Ma tells me often...

How you had stepped in to see me in her arms...

And smiled...

You had said..."She’s my baby...my baby girl"...

You held me close and I opened my eyes to see you...

God had gifted me my Dad on my birthday...

That moment I hadn’t known,

I would be so lucky to be born to you... Daddy...

I now look back and see only you,

For me it’s none..but just ...you my world...my Daddy...

You helped me take my first step,

You let not my hair be harmed...

You stand by me as always and make me strong...

With you by my side, I can win wars unarmed...

I know not who love is...

But I know you...

I know not what fear is...

Coz I have you...

I need no gold...

But I need you...

I see no God...

But I see you...

I know not ,what my first word was ...but I know what my last would be...

I cease to exist without you...without you, what could I be?

Daddy...Sweet Daddy...

Baby misses you this birthday of yours and otherwise...

May the world’s happiness be all yours...

May you be healthy and strong as always for me...

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Love you  Dad! :)...I miss you!