Father In A Frame-3rd June 2021

Father! You now sit In your bedroom Framed in a photo With a garland around you Whenever I visit Cuttack And enter your bedroom You smile your usual smile And feel so happy to see me As you used to be three years back. I can hear you call mother And ask her to cook Some delicious dishes For your daughter You show me the mango tree With ripe mangoes hanging Cut some guava of our garden And take me to the lawn With that pink rose bush at its edge The fragrant Rajanigandha flowers nearby And also show the cow and her calf in the shed Show the coconut trees that were bearing fruits You have been so proud of the richness Of nature's gifts to you. It is three years since you left us But did you really leave? No, I don't believe.