In the past one year, I only managed to meet my parents only twice; managing just about ten odd days. This one is for them. Hope you like it as well.
Requiem for a Short Summer
Come this year, summer was succinct,
Came and went in a day or two.
The warmth of unrestrained, unselfish love is hard to find,
Even as the sun seemingly dazzles everything around you.
Those tired, old eyes- they sparkled on seeing me,
Even the tears smiled in those expectant eyes.
Having them beside me made me ponder,
How could sordid complications in life ever rise?
The innate feeling of well-being and safety,
Drenched my weary soul.
I miraculously saw myself become a child once again,
A drop into the past; as if through time’s own tiny loop-hole.
And everything seemed simple again,
In the very manner “simple” was always meant to be.
The routine hassles of everyday seemed mundane and distant.
I suddenly found myself to be the person; I had always secretly wished to be.
Yet, those few nights I rested assured; winter will come stronger than ever,
Though the sun outside will still shine high.
And everything around will willingly succumb to the morbid chaos,
The coldness around will once again make me sigh.
Yet, through that veil of all-pervasive cold, I know-
The memories of these few sunny days will shimmer like rare jades.
The smiling faces will keep haunting my dreams.
And try as I may, the child in me will never really fade.
