by Shomita Deb

Created on: March 24, 2009

this poetry is written in memory of my friend's loving son..who is not with us anymore but yet is always with us in our heart and always will be.

ANNIVERSARY

Today is the date you detest the most

And it comes back every year to haunt like a ghost

An eternal void has left your soul evermore sore

His sea green eyes now shut , you can look into no more

Always in your mind, rests a picture of his face

That not a date in the calendar can ever efface

His golden brown curls and his handsome smile

That could make girls fall from a distant mile

To watch him blossom you did not get the chance to see

From a child to the endearing man he would turn out to be

Now with this constant ache your life you deal

I will never quite understand, how it is you feel

I am not in your shoes , but I am your friend

And I did love him too till the very end

Some queries have no answers but yet we ask

Why does HE take his children to task?

Sometimes that HE does, why does HE do?

Why did HE summon this inopportune adieu?

HE is our master and HE alone knows

HE tests us with some hard and bitter blows

HE throws us into the burning pyre

To test our endurance through the consuming fire

Keep this wound always burning in your heart

This flame will keep him alive though he is now apart

He will see the world through the light in your eyes

In person he is no more , but his timeless spirit never dies

On his death anniversary today , recall him with great affection

Reminisce every moment together, bring them all into reflection

Smile , for would he want to see your eyes filled with tears?

Would you ever want that for him my dear?

Be rest assured no one can harm him , coz he is in the safest place

Transformed into a real star , he abides in LORD'S warm embrace !

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