The Daily Gazza

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