Elated Poem by Umasree Raghunath

Elated is the word to describe myself today
With the love around that in abundance ray
For all the little affections I spread around
Unlimited happiness is all I found
Be it the little care I show for my Mom
That compassion she returns in to ton
One little vivid hug to my man before sleep
Making him cuddle around me in a leap
The single phone call to my little one away
Makes her jump with joy and gay
A home made dinner for a friend on his birthday
Made me his best companion today
It's the affection stems from my cohort
That makes me proud and coherent
Endless happiness that suddenly springs
In my life like never before it rings
One rejection along the way, a speed breaker
Otherwise, rest all around me is a real taker
Raghu showing an unending love and care
Tolerating my every turmoil with care and dare
Krishnan standing beside and guiding me
A firewall protecting from every Tsunami
Micheal sprang into my life all of a sudden
With so much patting around and fun
Muralidar Uncle, a father like figure
Putting me up in the edifice of life's structure
The Pedestal of my happiness being my
Darling and dashing and daring Sudha
The ever glowing, and smiling Sirisha
Came back like a wind gone with a message
A best heart called Manasi with me in all ages
Across the oceans and across the Nations
One friend who never fails to send me a good morning
Is my perfect ever-loving Pen friends for Life
Benedict Sanjeev Ravindran and Jackie, his wife
Six thousand miles away but with a sixth sense
To care for me as a Friend is Srividya's intense
Mean would be of me to not mention
Of a First love that never died with a tension
Elijah Raju, the smart Christian who taught me life
Missed the best chance of being his wife
My colleague and a mentor of his own way
Vasudevan, a master in his expertise
The crush that he show that never drain
Being in any kind of fun and pain
Biggest assets in my life God has given
My sisters who are a lifetime perfect friends
An in-laws family that sidelined me once
For them today, I am the best with glance
Sridevi and Archana, my friends for life
As I was there in Eluru and as I do left too
Beyond all today, it's my favorite God
Who seems to me close and in love accord
With me to wipe my pain, losses and tears
And chase my fears and say, I am there
A Last but never lost hope
That one day the person who made me
Cry in pain and said you are rejected
Would come back to me for sure
And say You are a Friend to me too
If not too, I am made a better person true
I love myself for being so happy
I respect myself for what I am today