Midnight Oil Consumed

is not wasted;
Diligent and Thought Provoking
Teachings taught
with painful toil
can Never be forgotten
by your blessed children
even in their happy times-
For life is only Life, forevermore.

Steep hill of life

was never insurmountable;
No subtle sceptics could confound your family
Your Sons
Always drew :

Strength from your love;

Hope from your Person;
Eloquence from your perseverance;
Love from your heart;
Life from your being;
Energy from your soul;
Youth from your Karma;
Courage from your serenity;
Humanity from your deeds;
Harmony from your devotion;
Aspirations from your life;
Yearning for meaning in life from your Wisdom;
Aim in life from your expectations.

Your children always derived

Inspiration from your unrelenting energy.
Kindness from your Genes;
Patience from your judgement;
Truth from your Convictions & Testimony;
Reason from your experience;
Faith from your Spirit;
Vision from your Foresight.

Fountain of Living Waters

Never left your daughters Thirsty,
though subdued and sad
at times they were
As Decreed by
Destiny.

Their Hopes never broke

 Aspirations never shattered;
Their Soul never dried and parched
or covered with dust of despair;

As they always had

your comforting shoulder
that became strong bearing burdens of life
To rest their head onto
Seeking relief from Pain
for restoring peace.

Your daughters drew healing warmth

from your amazing confidence
blended with enormous Capacity
of Sustaining
Hostile Waves of Life
that taught you
Never to become
Too Happy
By delightful experiencesin Life
Nor Too Sad
When loved ones Break Promises
that formed basic premise of life
Will to live-
object and purpose of existence:
showing the colour of Meaning in Life:
A reason to live-
A Mission to Exist,
To Give and Take, and to Sustain
the Promised Love forever
A desire to Survive.

You always made Friends

who remember you in town
for there is no one
you are put out with
or put out by:
As you've always served the Lord:
Surrendered to the Will of God.

Noble Inheritance
of your Ancestral Blood
transmitted to posterity
in Form and Substance
made your Daughters
Architects of Consummate Skill
and Fidelity
their Juristic Foundations solid-
depicting Wisdom:
Clarity of Thought demarcating priorities
with Life in order;
their Defenses Impregnable from without.

Commendable is your Creation:

 Your daughters
As you very truly are
the Mother
reared for immortality
in Thought and Spirit
By your Maker-
No one Wonders why
your Daughters justly Aspire
to Earn for Themselves
such a Title
To Be Designated As
The Mother
Wanting Always To Be
As You Are, and have Always Been.

Your Daughters attempt to Measure

extent of kindness and Tolerance
Nesting in the Fabric of your life
that protected you
from Hot Sun of Deserts, and
Cold Waves of Angry Sea.
Radiating Calm Pose so retained
effective as it always was
Is now Forging
The F u t u r e
of your Grandchildren.

Divyang K. CHHAYA