Your Part in Me

 My life began in childish days,
With tears and games and laughing ways;
I felt the world through joy and pain,
And all my love returned your name.

Blessed was I to call you mine,
To share your warmth through tender time;
The youngest child, by grace or fate,
Was given more at your dear gate.

We spoke of things I can’t recall,
Yet know we shared our hearts through all;
We smiled, we laughed, we lived as one,
In quiet talks when day was done.

I am your part, this much is true,
My heartbeat carries life from you;
The cells that wake and breathe in me
Still echo your own mystery.

You gave me life, I owe you all,
Each rise I make, each time I fall;
I miss you, Mom, more than words can say
Why did you leave me here this way?

Was I not once your very own,
A part of flesh and love once grown?
You should have taken me along…
For without you, the world feels wrong.

ಅಮ್ಮಾ... ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಾಣದ ಬೆಳಕು

ಅಮ್ಮಾ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಜೀವನವೆಂದರೆ,
ಕನಸಿಲ್ಲದ ನಿದ್ರೆ, ದಾರಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಪಯಣ.
ಅವಳ ನಗು ನನ್ನ ಬೆಳಕು,
ಅವಳ ಮಾತು ನನ್ನ ನಡಿಗೆಗೆ ದಿಕ್ಕು.

ಅವಳು ನನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣೀರನ್ನು ತೊಳೆದು,
ಮಳೆಬಿರುಗಾಳಿಯಲಿ ಛತ್ರಿಯಂತೆ ನಿಂತಳು.
ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿದಾಗ ಹಿಡಿದಳು ಕೈ,
ಬಿದ್ದು ಹೋದಾಗ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿದಳು ಪ್ರೀತಿ.

ಅವಳಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಈ ಜಗವೇ ಖಾಲಿ,
ಪ್ರತಿ ಕ್ಷಣವೂ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ವಾಸಿ.
ಅಮ್ಮಾ — ನೀನೆ ನನ್ನ ದೇವತೆ,
ನಿನ್ನಿಲ್ಲದ ಜೀವವು ನಿಶ್ಶಬ್ದವೇ.

ನೀ ತೋರಿಸಿದ ದಾರಿ ನನ್ನ ಬೆಳಕು,
ನೀ ನೀಡಿದ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ನನ್ನ ಶಕ್ತಿ.
ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ಮರಣೆ ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ನನ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ —
ಯಾಕೆಂದರೆ, ನಿನ್ನಿಲ್ಲದ ಜೀವನ,
ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗೂ ಅಸಾಧ್ಯ.

Miss You, Mom

 

When you were here, Mom,
The world felt gentle

Every breath was light,
Every path, a song of ease.

With you beside me,
Life bloomed in colors I didn’t know could fade.

But then, bit by bit,
You slipped into the quiet 
Like twilight stealing the edge of day.
And soon the clouds gathered,
Wrapping my world in shadow and ache.

Now, I reach for you in every silence,
And all my heart can whisper is
I miss you, I miss you…
There are no other words to say.

A Prayer

Bless me god, Oh heavenly lord.

Make me blind, than viewing absurd,
Which would make me think and do wrong.

Make me dumb, than uttering those,
which would ruin my life forever.

Make me deaf, than hearing those,
which would make me cry, guilty and down.

Want to be an innocent kid holding my mothers hand,
Following her foot steps,
Its just she all around me..
She my love, my dreams, my thoughts, my life.

Bless me god, Oh heavenly lord.

Give me strength, courage to strive for my goal,
And make my mom feel proud.

Trying to heal your absence - dedicated to my mom

Eyes still searching around,
With rolling tears,without a sound.

Though heart knew, it would be in vain,
Do foolish acts, to reduce unbearable pain.

Tried to convince, impossibility of survival without thou,
You never took serious, ignored stating me as a fou,

Now, impossibilities is in front of me,
Unable to express you, my tears are true,

From day one, Its become a habit,
Awaiting your interference in all my bit.

Silently crying innermost to break my heart into pieces,
To burst out, so that I would heal your absences.