Ode to my Love

In the memories of those times, my darling,

Let me delve into my past-

Or shall I say our past?

When I was infatuated to television

But there was not any at our home;

When movies would beckon me

Through the cascade of dark night

Until when moon light and daylight met:

You and I have grown together.

In those cold nights with the cold feet

Through the cold terraces

Consuming cold breeze with the cheeks

And Bata –chapel-worn legs;

We have shared dream of buying a TV

And the cold night together.

You and I would sleep together

And yet how can I forget you waited

For me with the warm mattress and blanket

And the unlatched door for me to enter home?

Those tearful moments

When I would depart the next day

For my college or high school-

Why would you withdraw some money

From your PATUKI (¹⁾ and give me secretly?

I would see silent tears climbing down;

But you never would show me!

Sometimes early in the morning

Why would you give me yoghurt

Before I departed?

Perhaps you never told me you love

Nor did I ever

Like the girls and boys do to each other!

But lines are for you, my love-

I also have cracked my voice with emotion

And suffocated in bidding farewell;

At times scared with thoughts-

Thought of whether we will meet again.

With the rising sun

If I wake up every day,

It is because you have been the reason

For me to live

 Dream

And sing.

My grandma: This moment is dedicated

To you: in your thoughts!