Sundus Poem by Shaib Mohd

The harsh winters of my valley
A long back brought a respite for me
When God showered His mercy
On a family by sending a niece of me
The message of her arrival brightened the faces
Of the family
Which patiently longed for a kid of their own
I went on to search a name for the baby
And Sundus was the name which struck my mind so early
That I started calling the baby by the name I searched with care
She held my fingure on the first glimpse
As if she knew that her uncle is a great lover
Of the kids
As if she knew that her uncle is a great admirer
Of the Gods best creation
As a toddler she acted like a trained woman
She talked as if an angel was translating it to her
She understood as if fairies were explaining it to her
She kept on changing the dresses
As if she was in such a hurry
That the angelic kids were waiting for her
There in the paradise
The paradise whose one pillar is named as sundus
As if the original pillar had scrumbled
That God called my niece to fill the place
When she was two
Pretty healthy in the lap of her mom
The way she made faces for her uncle
The way she called her uncle
It was different now
She cried Onseeing her uncle
Because She knew that she has to leave
For a place
Where there is no turning back
O you sundus!
You uncle sleeps for a purpose
That he may watch you playing with those angelic kids
In a dream which he never dreamed
O you sundus!
Your uncle is no more the way he was
He is waiting for a rendezvous in a dream
O you Sundus
Your uncle is still in love
With a blessing
Which he named Sundus!

**Sundus- As per Islamic information sundus is the name of a pillar in the heaven.