Oh! What a gloomy vicissitude,
That snatched you away from us,
In an instant; it did intrude,
And forced us to face an irreparable loss…!
Alas! Like an innocent baby Sprite,
You slept never to ever wake,
Never ever to toddle, waddle and walk,
And, never ever to rejoice to view life’s day light!
How could one expect a tender pink twig to drop,
Without any ill omen of so severe a cyclone or so extreme a gust;
Or, just sailed a boat to sink never to ever come up,
Without any augury of such a horrible hurricane or such a tumultuous tempest?
Ah! Your sorest sepulture in the ninth month was an unexpected and unbearable bolt from the blue!
What’s the use of your Birth Certificate, I fortuitously procured on the same day too?
Who can be more unfortunate and sadder to get the Birth Certificate and Death Certificate together,
And remain a baffled, buffeted, bruised, battered and bereft Begetter?
N.B:- Dhan, my daughter, breathed her last on 15th Nov.2010 at 11.45 p.m due to pneumonia. She was born on 10th Feb. 2010.
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra
It's the saddest moment for a Parent. can feel your pain in every word that bleeds through the pen the paper too might have cried for all that you both felt
ReplyDeleteTq so much dear Sir for yr sympathetic feedback.
DeleteDeath is inevitable sir but premature death is very painful and the death of a tiny tot is more painful than anything...The loss is irreparable..The bud which is about a flower if nipped by a cruel hand the heart of the plant is filled with never ending sorrow...
ReplyDeleteYour poem is filled with emotion sir, the love and the memory you treasured has been expressed in words..It has the power to bring tears in the eyes of a reader....
Gratitude dear Sir for yr comment.
DeleteShankar ji, I feel your tremendous sorrow and pains on the unexpected demise of your dear baby.I pray for you and your family to have courage to bear the irreversible and irrecoverable loss in your family and to gain peace.
ReplyDeleteWe shall pray for the departed soul too at present, to have God's Grace. One who has left us as per the nature's choice ..., We can certainly remember them, pray for them, and have to keep the lovely memories very near to our heart for them. May God Bless you to achieve all these to console your heart and mind . I join with you in your prayers now.
Thank you for sharing your sad feelings, I appreciate your good heart to do this through your Elegy, and am sure, that sorrows are reduced when shared with your beloved, friends and well-wishers.😔☺️🙌
Gratitude dear Sir for yr sympathetic feedback.
DeleteVery painful 🙏
ReplyDeleteTq dear Sir for yr comment.
DeleteHatsoff sir a great tribute
ReplyDeleteHumble gratitude for yr comment, dear Sir.
ReplyDeleteVery painful moment for both,but you both handle this very carefully.....hatsoff
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