From inside the blanket
Your eyes glittered
and beamed so bright
Your looks so divine,
your grip so tight!
I walked slowly,
carefully, counting my steps
One, two, three and
many more, as each
Corridor and its doors
stared me…!
Nothing deterred me in
my journey
Into this new world of
dreams, of laughter
Of moments of silence,
of joy and of caress…!
Slowly, steadily, in a
fine balancing act –
The first child in me
smiled back, as tears
Flowed down,
carelessly, as I held you;
And as the doors
opened and shut before me.
Moments of joy and
fear accompanied
My thoughts, now
vulnerable – tears of joy
Still rolled on, as
you smiled again for a while!
Unknown into this
world, in my arms,
From your mother’s
womb, as you join
Me in the blissful
ride through the paths and alleys ---
Nine months you
nurtured yourself
In her sheltered womb,
away from the light and the dust!
She danced, she sang,
you heard, you moved;
She felt, you sensed,
she cried, you comforted;
She embraced, you cuddled,
she secured, you sealed!
The bond has just
begun….!
Rajdeep Pathak
June 26, 2013
For
my daughter, Sharanya, who is now two-and-a half-years old. The above written lines
are those that I felt as a father, when I held her in my arms for the first
time on October 11, 2010.
