A Flower in Grandpa's Garden
A Flower in Grandpa's Garden
I haven't been to my Granpa's
No remembrance since when
Love for him hasn't altered
Reverence has been manifold
But, I don't wanna go there.
I can still see his bald head
Glistening with sweat while-
He bends over some sapling or twig
In the garden around a mile.
I needn't close my eyes
To see him alone, working
Over some Veda, Upanishad or Geeta
Or some distant foreign epic.
At three score five, he began
His literary-educational journey alone
He said, " No age for learning
Nor for exploring on an intellectual voyage. "
The last I saw him--
He was happy, complete and peaceful
Grandchildren around
Laughing and giggling.
They say he was in pain
While leaving us forever
They say he wanted me
Before we be together- never.
All I say, I never said goodbye
And maybe that's why -
I don't like going there
I don't like the house
Sans my grandfather.
Tis no more a home.
Tis no more a welcome.
There is no one to care for
The flowers I grew up with.
My heart breaks to see
A garden so disheveled;
My voice shivers to say
The Home' s destiny destructed.
The pain I feel to think
Of the empty chair,
The burden of Emptiness
The missing old books' air.
Tis beyond toleration
To think of such situation.
I love to think of grandpa-
That he is still there;
Listening to classics
Reading the classics,
Nurturing the flowers.
I fancy myself -
A flower in his Garden
Looking at him through the window-
A moistened head bent over some voluminous book.