Feelings! Poem by Umasree Raghunath

As a child I swayed and played
With the fun filled joy
As a student I studies and read
With the inspiration to be big one day
As a toddler I dreamt
I could catch the butterfly in my lawn
As my Dad's daughter I always had
The feeling of being wanted and cared
As my mom's untidy one,
I always had the fun to boil her more
As my granny's little one
I always troubled her being an undisciplined one
As I grow up as a child,
I also started going wild, wild with dreams
Dreams of joy, passion and arrogance,
Joy for being an intelligent than around
Passion for had resources to make my dreams come true
Arrogance for my Dad did provide what all I wanted
One sad winter morning, when I had to let Dad go
I mourned, I cried, I wispered, and weeped
Saddness was the only thing beside
Tears were the only moving things around
Distress is the only word to describe
Silence was the best things we could abide
As a Theresian when I was recognised
By the best of people in the town
I knew no bounds of joy for they were toomany
Along with a feeling of agony that I miss my dad
My mom who could never share this joy of mine
Always stared as a stranger to the teenager in me.
When collectors like Agarwal, MadanMohan Reddy, and Kishore
Praised the one Therisian who was there in everything
I searched for the eyes that used to run with sparkles
On my success always, dad was gone, gone to an unknown shore
When My little sister did not even know what happened,
I could neither explain to her nor console myself
For the feeling is a strong one, sad one and a silent one
Had a beautiful house called swapnalok,
Not a paradise or a luxurious bunglow
But a temple of living, with peace, and happiness
With contentment, consideration and compassion
No matter what the will of god is, there was love
That always fountained in this house of mine