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LET THE TREASURE UNFOLD

An Ode to My Pretty Lotus, My Saroj on her 74th Birthday.

Just Give Me Your Usual Smile My Dear

The bright light of my love life has gone out

There’s no fun left in life and I’m loosing out

I beseech thee to give me your usual mystic smile

To brighten up my world and walk another mile

 

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

It would alter my disposition

It would change my emotion

My life would change altogether

I would have nothing to bother

The flowers would bloom again

The birds would sing once again

Clouds would pour sweet rain

The wind would keep me sane

The stars would twinkle for me

The moon would shine you see

The fairies would dance for me

My life would change you’ll see

 

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

My eyes would blink with joy

My lips would talk like a toy

Life would be full of laughter

Nothing to worry me hereafter

All heaven would sing merrily

My image would change surely

The sun would kiss my forehead

To bless me to let me look ahead

I would be sailing to the safer shore

There would be rough storms no more

All my prayers would be answered

All my questions would be treasured

 

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

I’m moving like a lonely traveller

All is dark and I have no calendar

Fear of future bothers me everyday

I am afraid I’ve forgotten the highway

My attire and my mind are unsettled

Fear of failure keeps me all rattled

Hiding behind a façade of doubts

I have lost my will for any bouts

My past is haunting me heavily

My future is now uncertain really

All wishes have gone wishy washy

All the thoughts are now bushy

 

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

My life is full of stress and strain

It is turning and twisting in vain

I’m counting the falling stars at night

There is no hope near or any in sight

Fear dwells in my heart of rare pain

It gets worse when it begins to rain

The darker nights give me no hope

I find it harder and harder to cope

There is a strong burn in the heart

It inflicts fire and lets flame to start

These hurt my inside and outside

But I’m unable to leave them aside

 

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

You are the bright light of my life

You have been my beloved wife

Let me repeat it once more my dear

You are the music of my life my dear

Let me ask you a simple question my dear

Give me an answer to my question my dear

How do I live my life without you?

What do I do with my life without you?

Why don’t you share your mystic smile?

Let me live well and walk another mile.

Teach me not to worry and learnt to smile

I will love you more and keep your smile

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear.

 

Your birth on 15th August 1940 was for me alone

Our first meeting on 14th February 1959 was set on stone

Our marriage on 19th January 1964 was a glorious day

Our family life of over fifty years was happy and gay

Your life and living was all full of caring and giving

I am now all lost and lonely and have given up living

Your departure on 14th March 2013 tore my heart apart

I’ve been trying to live but the body dwells without a heart

On your 74th birthday, I wanted to sing and dance

I can’t do these cos you’re not giving me a chance

I will look heavenward to see you smile once more

You’re sitting by the super moon and the stars galore

Give me your usual smile just once more my dear

I’ll sing this ode for you forever without any fear.

 

Dr Ram Lakhan Prasad

15th August 2014.