My father once told me,
When fear paralyzes you suddenly
Without a reason,
Its because the spirits of loved ones
Linger around us as
They have something to tell.
I had a disturbing feeling today,
It was those rainy afternoons,
I felt a cold shadow behind me
I turned around only to see
The trees swaying in the light breeze;
Then an unexplained feeling filled me
It was a different kind of fear-
The fear where you mentally run away
But you are rooted to the floor.
Then this fear revealed itself to me,
Today was the day he left us
Twelve long years back but
Again we forgot to place the daisies
At the grave where he sleeps,
And I was the one he chose to tell
That we let his spirit down again
Like last year, the year before
And the year before...