A Letter To My Father

I am delighted my dear Father, Delighted to write you this letter Though deep in my heart l know, Know it may never reach you So Father l have my fingers crossed Praying and hoping the post-man will do me a favour And deliver this letter to you Father l wrote to say, to ask and to seek Father you left my side before l had hatched, You left before l could judge the world My mind still too young to understand why two plus two makes four Father l ask, ‘’Are you satisfied that you left a clueless, innocent child behind you’’ Reply in your next letter This is a letter to you Father To remind you that the chick has grown into a hen I have grown into a young maiden Full of questions and wonder My heart beats fast in search of wisdom And then l smile and think how it would have been nice Nice to write to you and ask ‘’ Father am l now old enough to own a male “ How anxiously l would have waited for your reply And what you would have wrote would have been my command Father they say a lot about me The male say lm proud , The females naive. But l am not Father All l know it that lam lost , Lost in a world l do not own I seek for answers my dear Father You are a man and have gone through a lot, Now l ask “How does one know they are in love and he in turn feels for her?” I plead, try and reply. It would have been lovely To speak to you face to face Shy l would have been but confidence l would have regained For you are my Father It’s a shame you and l can never meet For we now belong in different worlds Though apart we might be in flesh In hearts and memories we will remain in each other By Amanda Ranganawa