Katherine Perumal; 21 Oct, 1946 - 13 Apr, 2006

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Dear Mother,

Four Years Have Not Dimmed Your Memory,

Every Detail, Every Nuance,

You Remain in my Heart Impasse...

I Remember Your Warm Smile,

Ever Ahead Your Weary Eyes,

I Remember Your Steadfast Will,

Regardless the Harshness of Life,

I Remember Your Discipline,

That Gave me This Cognizance,

I Remember Your Tears,

Shed for This Young Fool's Dissidence,

But Above All,

Dearest Mother,

I Remember Your Sacrifices,

Your Life's Ever Present Cadence...

Thru You,

I learnt to Give when I didn't have,

Learnt to Share when there Wasn't Enough,

You Showed me a Bad Hand didn't Matter,

As Long as I Played it with a Laugh...

To Explain How Much I Miss You,

I Could Learn All Men's Languages,

And Study The Soft Whisper of the Wind,

I could speak The Speech of Waves,

Master the Song of Falling Rain,

And Still Come up Wanting...

Dear Mother,

I Struggle To Understand Why You left Then,

The World is Bereft a Heart Too Kind,

The Sun May Have Set On Your Life,

But The Twilight Remains in Mine...

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I am Unable to title This Poem. It Speaks for Itself. I miss you Amma..