I remember like it was yesterday...When he said, with hands on my shoulder,"Tharun you're gonna be someone somedayAll you gotta do is try a little harder"
"Don't you ever give up",he always used to sayIts because of him I never learnt to walk away
Only one who was dare enough to joke about my TamilI wonder how such a happy man could ever fall ill.
A million times I crossed him,a hearty smile is what he gifts..
Lighting up my lonely, depressed, sad faceMaking my life a lot better with his warmth embrace
Walking Back home, that day from schoolHe saw my tear-filled eyes, clueless like a fool
Guided my lost ship back home, He was my north starTaught me that life's a battle that i must endure
A lifetime of "thank you"s would not doFor the things he did out of love so true..
"Tharun,forgot your way home",he used to kid,For I never visited him in years, I wish i did.
Her sudden illness just cut right through me.Never did he know about his degrading health, or did he?
Never could quite tell with his ever-bestowed smileThat always brightened my day, helping me walk the extra mile
Finding strength from within, I did the best I couldTo console his hearts with hopes and dreamsBut God had other plans it seems
Promised his little angels,"Everything would be alright""You know dad can't possibly leave you guys, right?
How could he when he loves u guys so dearlyHe would be back fooling around in a jiffy don't worry"
With eyes lit up, they looked forward to each dayWithout the thought of their dad pass away
Enjoying with him, then unknown, his last few daysNothing goes the way we expected as always
Like all good things must come to an end.The faithful day came when I lost my dear friend.
Bleeding from the inside with a broken heartFeeling totally ripped apart...
With heart filled with regret and remorseI saw those little angels writhing in pain with lost hopes
Crushed, battered, and bruised They must beWanting nothing more than their souls to be freedWho could blame them when grief overcame misery
I filled them with hope so forlornNow they feel left, in this wretched place all alone
Tears welled up,as he cries,"BUT YOU PROMISED"The very words I so dreaded
Nowhere to hide, I stand here all aloneA liar seeking forgiveness from a stone
I break down, with overflowing tearsThen out of the blurry sight, a voice whispers
"Thank you...", the two boys said.Something which I never quite expected,
"When we tried to forget the inevitableYou showed us that any thing's possible
As we were so choked up about tomorrowOur today went missing soaked up in sorrow.
Your reassuring words made us believeThough his chances of survival were ever so bleak
You made us see,not the dying star but its radiant lightHappiness,joy and love is what you brought,making our lives bright."
I cried my heart out, as I finally found salvationIndeed angels they were,lifting me from seclusion..
So happy and relieved was I and even more amazed than everSeeing their strength love, care and valor..
I know he's now in a better placeEven more close to God's perpetual grace.
As he begins the first day of his eternal life, I wish him well,I know without a tinge of doubt, in my heart he'll forever dwell..
And i know our hearts will forever touch I LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM EVER SO MUCH.
Dedicated to a loving father and friend. T_T