14 Years Ago

Death, thou boisterous ancient foe, you crept in surreptitiously, and bore a hole in our hearts. It's 14 years now, 14 years of longing. For seven years, the torrential rain battered us, and we almost succumbed to the intensity of the rain. Then, a Moses arose, lion-hearted damsel and the lineage was rescued. Father, I ache and bleed daily, as I remember your tilling and planting seasons. You planted many seeds in us. Father, a little seed has sprouted, and has borne many fruits, succulent fruits indeed. I wished I could give you a bite, Alas, the curtain was drawn 14 years ago, and now you are a complete dust. Adieu, my father! Adieu, the muse that brought out the poet in me. The pain, grief and sorrow that I felt after my father's death forced me to look for a way of expressing the pent up emotion of anger and sadness; poetry gave me the answer. Over the years, I have fallen in love with poetry and no one can break the union