In Memoriam, Katherine Perumal,
21 October 1946 - 13 April 2006
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I have watched 12 years pass,
Since my life lost your shadow,
A zodiac’s turn trying to tread your waters,
But dark waters are never shallow,
I never knew you to back down,
Your strength was ever my pillar,
I miss your reassuring smile,
Even as my footsteps falter,
Momma, I honestly wonder,
As far and wide as I have ranged,
If you were still with me,
Would this world, still be this strange,
I watch new love blossom,
The memory of your beauty in others,
I still can’t stop missing you,
All this time, Still offers no shelters,
I’m surely not the boy you left,
Likely not the man you wanted me to be,
But I hope I get there someday,
So when it’s time, You’re proud of me...
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- Ganesh J. Perumal
