WHAT DAD MEANT TO ME?

Let me try to search in my heart,
What you meant to me;
Though cruel death did us apart,
You live through your memories.

Thirty-five years since that day in May,
I haven’t really seen a better man,
It all seems it was just yesterday,
When you could do which no one can.

I think of you as a lighthouse,
I could steer my life’s ship by;
Though for others fear you’d arouse,
Your deep love often made me cry.

You’re the one whose death I bemoan
You could stand tall and proud;
It didn’t matter to you if you’re alone,
You were never part of the crowd.

You were a terror, but I knew for sure,
You had a heart of gold;
Your intentions were forever pure,
Your courage made me bold.

You often called a spade a spade,
Consequences never caused you worry,;
No one ever saw you afraid,
You were always in a flaming hurry.

Our lives were forever affected,
When you met with sudden death;
For your unfinished work I was selected,
From the time of your last breath.

Now that mom has reached you above,
I can see on your face your signature glee;
There is someone who lived in your love,
Alone in this world she could never be.

Mona, JP and I am still here,
To carry forward your legacy;
To see you no one needs look anywhere,
In us, with us, our dad, anyone can see.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

9 thoughts on “WHAT DAD MEANT TO ME?”

  1. Superbly penned poem for your father Ravi. Yes Your father was all that you have described about him. He is a person to rever by all even those like me who did not have the good fortune of having met him in person but through your writings about him we can feel his presence.

  4. Amazingly true pen- portrait of Dar Ji’s personality as has been reflected from your write – ups about him . The pain of losing him so untimely , flows well to the last word of the last line . He may be seated well above in the heaven yet his deeds are always there on this earth as light house guiding and re-inforcing you .

  5. Nice poem, Ravi sir, that brings out all the love and affection you had for your dad. 35 long years hadn’t made even a scratch on it, and knowing how you feel about him, it never will. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

  6. Thank you, Jaswant. He was most probably killed by parochial interests. However, at whatever age he would have died, he would have died young. That’s the way he was. I think of him as a great role-model.

  8. In those days these petty interests were rampart. Man is the prisoner of the circumstances prevailed around him . A man has to daee extraordinarily to face these even if it leads him the ultimate result . He was a brave man he left this world in place of leaving what was paramount in him . And these acts are only the finest rays of light only some emanate back to the Sun .

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