My Dear Friend Poem by Aparna Chatterjee

Tomorrow if I die
My dear friend,
Let this be
Known to you
That tonight
I slept my last sleep
With a mind at rest
And a heart in love
With my thoughts
And prayers for you.

If there was a God,
My dear friend
For me it was you.
So I prayed to the
God in you.

I look up to you
With awe and reverence.
You tranquil my life
With peace and solace.
In this holy temple of
Our togetherness…
You are the deity of
My destiny.

I yield, I give in…
All what I have of me
As an offering of love
In humble submission
To the sacred touches
Of your tenderness.