I Touched My Father’s Heart
written by: Abhilash Fraizer
Today,
My heart shuddered for
My two-month-old son, my firstborn,
Fallen ill and pale.
I touched my father’s heart,
That once throbbed for me,
Down numberless days and nights,
Whenever I fell ill…
Decades ago…
I touched my father’s heart,
That has sailed through
Three or more cardiac arrests…
That had gathered icebergs
To block the flow…
I touched my father’s heart
When my little firstborn
Tasted his first ailment,
And struggled for breath
On frozen monsoon nights.
At the fringe of ages,
Where fatherhood meets sonhood,
My heart touched my father’s heart…
I lived my father’s heart!
Abhilash Fraizer is a multi-award-winning, bilingual Indian author hailing from Kerala. His latest book ‘Father, a collection of Poems’ published in Oregon USA, won the USA and Canada Catholic Media Association Book Award in June 2024. He also won the Panorama International Literature Special Jury Award for his remarkable literary contributions. His other major works in English include The End of Wars (a novel) and Everlasting Things are Incomplete (an anthology of poems).
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