Saturday, May 14, 2011

Can’t love you enough, Dad!!

I remember the time long back when

You taught me balance that red bike

You said you would hold and never let go

I trusted you well and the ride was great

I was soaring and turned back to smile

To see far away with sparkles in your eyes

I collapsed and stones pierced through

You were the first to come running to me

But not the one to kiss my bruises

You looked stern and said it was alright

Forced me ride many more times

I slept on my wetted pillow that night.

A tear glistens again in my eye corners-

The firmness was a way of showing love

Had your own point in making me tough..

As I recall those days, I understand,

How I’ve never loved you enough,

Loved like you did, like you well deserved.

You were ready to let me fly then

When I wasn’t sure if I was ready

Back as a kid, you told me I had grown

To take care of myself and my things

Now that I badly want to take wing,

Take my own decisions about the world,

You hold me back and say I am a kid.

If those hardened bruises taught me to ride,

The ones I might make will teach me to survive.

I still am rude and say you are pushy

It’s the holy tear that drops again

When I think how I’ve never loved you enough

Loved like you did, like you well deserved.

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