Monday, January 7, 2008

Just one more time...

Oh yes, I have ignored you… I was in a concealed world of my own

And yeah, I have pretended not to hear you… your questions were such a bother…

Many a times I have screamed my lungs out, despite the generations between us

I have often been spiteful; my pride then, was more important than your age

I didn’t respond to your zillion efforts to put me back on track … I paid no heed to your care

Maybe I turned a deaf ear to your pleas… My vision was more important than yours…


But that unfortunate day I realized,

With every tear I shed,

With every pain I felt,

That I love you with all my heart


Now I don’t know where I stand

Do I mean anything to you after what I’ve done?

I have no answers, coz when I saw you there, eye to eye,

You never smiled.

All I can I do is hope with all my life, that there’s a tiny place there…

In that diminishing heart of yours


But I realize that the great man that you are,

Would never fail me the way I’ve failed you all these days

You wouldn’t be judgmental; you’ll look at me as none but your dear old granddaughter;

That’s because you have the greatness of God.

And that’s where I place you.

Yeah, next to God.


Is it too late to apologize?

Is it too late to be forgiven?

I hope not. I pray not.

Because you and I and all of us here,

Know you aren’t ready to leave.

The time will come though, no matter what,

But the time is not now, we all know that


So let’s fight together…

You’re a survivor, you are a little more than just special.

You’re a rare creation, a piece of art,

Who’s here to stay forever and forever

You define permanence, you define goodness

You define us, you're a big part of us.


Please come back for the crayons,

Come back for the magic sketches

Come back for the fragrant pink erasers…some like an umbrella, some like a football

Come back for your stories

Come back for your hilarity

Come back for my smile

Which you always complain I lack


Come back… I promise to be good.

I need you to give me that second chance

To love and to show you what you are really worth

I need you to give me that second chance

Because you are God.


Gods always take chances

And grant us that ‘just one more time’

4 comments:

lokesh said...

U made me shed a tear da...it was sooo touching..

Krupa Ge said...

beautiful.

pavzworld.blogsopt.com said...

hi mani..... ur words have made me cry... thatha was always with us n will always be. nothing can stop his blessings 4 us. he still watches us n will bless us 4ever.

Ashwini said...

yeah he will...:)