My Dear Lionel Messi... Your Words On Maradona Touched Me Very Deeply... Poem by P A Noushad ...

To Lionel Messi......
Today your words entered my soul like the first light of dawn touching a silent river...
When you said, 'Our Maradona must be rejoicing in heaven, watching our glorious victory in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, ' my heart trembled with a joy beyond language... They were not merely words; they were a bridge between heaven and earth, where love never dies and memory never fades...
In that sacred moment, my own spirit began to whisper...
Perhaps my beloved grandfather, my dear father, and my precious brother, who departed from this world long ago, are also smiling among the stars...Perhaps they are watching my humble journey, from the lonely pathways of hardship to the shores of hope in England...where destiny has allowed me to be embraced with love as a teacher, after receiving the Best Teacher Award from the Government of Kerala... and where students across the world have become my extended family...
The eyes that longed to witness my victories closed before the blossoms appeared upon my life's tree... Yet I believe they now behold every flower from a garden beyond time, where every tear has become a star...
Messi, your greatness has never lived merely in your feet... It lives in your humility, your tireless labour, your gentle heart, and your quiet humanity... You have taught the world that the purest victories are won first within the soul...
To know that my poems dedicated to you have found love across the world fills my heart with a gratitude too deep for speech. They are not only poems; they are prayers woven with... carrying your name like a sacred melody across the winds.
I was born amidst fire... I walked through fire...I learned to smile within the fire...
And now, as success places its gentle crown upon my weary head, I understand that every flame was preparing me for its own light...
So today, with boundless affection, I embrace you, not merely as a footballer, not merely as a champion, but as a fellow traveller beneath the same eternal sky...
Our bodies may be two, our languages may be different, our journeys may have begun on distant shores,
yet the soul knows no borders...
In the silent kingdom of truth, we are one...
For love is one. Hope is one. The human spirit is one...
And in that everlasting oneness, dear Messi, I find you, and I find myself...