Dear Papa

Nearly a year back my dad told me to write a poem on him,

From then I started even till now I am unable to pen down my feeling.

It’s not that I don’t have anything to write on him,

Or I don’t think or tried to fulfill his this small telling.

 

The truth is I have got to tell him so many things,

That Vikram Seth’s poem looks way smaller than mine.

 

Papa, you are my Chirag of Aladdin,

From a bat to dress my every wish, you fulfill.

And even so many without I mentioning about them you put a tick on top of them.

But papa tell me when the last time you ticked on your wish list.

 

Your scolding’s sometimes made me upset,

But I know that’s how you are preparing me to be perfect.

 

You know I am a big fan of Alastair Cook,

I always ask, am I looking like him?

If someone says yes it makes me happy,

But you know when someone says I look like you I feel the best.

 

Papa, you are the only person in the world,

Who loves his child most but still doesn’t always show.

 

Your presence makes me feel so safe,

Like a Snell inside its shell.

You are that shed which has holes,

But only blessings come from those.

 

Papa, you are the strongest person,

You absorb all pressure and troubles without a single tear or complaint.

 

I know now it’s the time when you need a bit of rest,

And spend time enjoying not grinding yourself.

I am sorry for not being able to be that support yet,

Not being able to take a share of that burden.

 

You are the best dad,

You cover all my incapability by telling me it’s not the time for me to do them.

 

Papa, I have got so many more things to tell you,

But I don’t know to put them in words.

All those thoughts are a mix of my feeling and emotions

Just know that papa I love you a lot.