O Papa, My Papa
written by: Nivedita Roy
When the road to life gets rough,
I regret not heeding enough.
The smile that brightened my day,
The words that soothed me anyway,
These have just disappeared,
Like the soul that me nurtured.
Your absence pricks like a thorn,
Though I try my best not to mourn.
You were the strongest pillar of my survival,
Wish desperately for your re- arrival.
Feel the pride when am told I am so “you”
I Never wanted this adieu!
When I was born to you and mom,
Ours was love at first sight with aplomb!
It’s the vacuum that never can fill,
Often keeping a semblance is a task uphill.
The overwhelming wish that rises in the heart,
Is that you be my Pa again and never depart!
Nivedita Roy resides in Bahrain. She is a teacher by profession, bilingual poetess, recipient of Independence Day Literary Honors 2021 awards by Motivational Strips, the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Honor 2022 jointly by MS and Sipay National Property of Department of Culture, Seychelles, Mahadevi Verma Memorial Samman and Nari Ratna Samman 2022, Sahityakosh Samman 2022 for excellence in Literary Endeavors. She is the author of 2 solo books and has co-authored 12 anthologies. She is on the editorial team of the ezine Brahmand: voice of the cosmos, a Literary Warrior Group initiative. Her writings are published in many newspapers and sites in India and Bahrain. She is the Moderator for the Bahrain office of Motivational strips and one of the admins for Neelam’s page. She is the founder of a page called Nexpressions on Fb.
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