Away from home
I feel afraid
‘coz no one’s here
to care for me
Away from home
‘m incomplete
I have no one
to say its k
I miss my mum
her faith on me
her selfless love
her tender touch
I miss mah dad
his silence serene
his wise advice
everything for me
I am away
from my sis
a friend in tides
a mother in love
Today, I wanna be back
Back where I belong to
To the place, I owe my life
Life, which made me go away
I know I’m here
so I can be back again
but from what I see
I go further away as I walk
Bound now in cobwebs
I find it hard to break-free
but no one understands that I
really do want to go back to those who need me
Tired from the harsh works and words
drenched in sweat and humiliation
I strive, I long for my mother’s lap
where I slept blissfully, unaware of the worries of the world
I do wish once more
to see the proud eyes of my father
what he sees from them, I long to find out
is it his child he carried on his shoulders once
or is it a boy, becoming a man
My sister, my constant support
whose words never failed to guide
whose unquestioned judgement, was taken unscathed
and her warm hug took all worry away
whenever I came home
I miss them all, more and more
I miss the beautiful place called home
I want to be back, I feel afraid
I want to be back, where someone says its k.
- Vishal Gupta
October 3, 2010
