Hollowness For Thirteen Years Poem by Rimni chakravarty

Thirteen years have passed
Tears have dried
I never cried
Never cried for a long time
It means I am fine
Fine without you my Dad
You may think I am very happy and not sad
Coz you have left the planet earth
Your daughter no longer realizes your worth

Dad I know you are happy in your new life
May be in the skies where you have become a star
And watch me from far
At time with your worry or with smile
As I breathe meanwhile
In this life profile

Yes I know more shed tears
I have lost my fears
And I have lost my cheers
There is always a gnawing hollowness in my heart
It pierces me with a pain I fail to explain with this craft
Of writing or speaking
Every day I remember you
And today I yearn for you
I visualize what I did thirteen years back when you left us
Time pass
Yet the memories haunt like maladies
And not melodies
As there is a stinging pain of losing you forever
Although you are deep down in my heart
Yet I am torn apart
I bleed without the gushing out of blood
No longer tears flood
The pillows, although there is a constant pain
That pierce me as I go down the memory lane