Memories of Those Days - Inspiring Poem

by Anil Kumar PS
(Trivandrum, Kerala, India )

A Tribute to my beloved Father
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With the sunrise I walked beside you in my childhood
I felt how strong your hands were then,
Teaching me to take my first steps
Into this new world

It was your hands, your hands
Which did hold me from falling.
And now I feel bemused to see those same hands tremble,
As you edge your way through life
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I want you to know, dear father,
What I have achieved in life.
Your every word of advice is what,
Has made me stand right.
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I never knew, the last meal we had together,
Would be the last togetherness I’d ever share with you,
And when I turned to say goodbye,
Destiny willed it to be my farewell to you forever.
My heart aches to remember that I was not with you when you breathed your last.
To hear your last whispers before you depart.
My memories will forever be,
Of your cheerful countenance, and a heart that so loved me.
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I pretend that you are still with me,
Teaching me those lessons of life.
To make myself a better human being,
And still stay a child at heart.
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Now I hear your voice in my heart, and see you in my child.
I dream of being, what you were to me.
The loving selfless father
Teaching his child to take his first steps.
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Your truthfulness is my zeal.
Your principles are the reins of my life.
Your simplicity, my adornment.
And your prayers, my existence.
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