Forever
by Debjani Biswas
The most beautiful
baby in the world was born today
You
would say that “you’re
her aunt” …you might say
But
I never saw such a halo around a child
Angelic
in nature, sunny tempered and mild
But
as I called her baby, I looked around
Ten
years had flown by on the wings of sound
And
my baby was baby no more but a girl
Enchanting
and enchanted as the oyster in life’s pearl
Then
suddenly she left us
Why
where how
No one knows
But
in each one of us
Her
light still brightly glows
I
cannot believe it I will never forget you
Neel
my Kudy there was nothing you could not do
But
before it could happen, all of life they took away
Who
decided the time had come no one can say
But
even as I ask the eternal WHY
Remember
our memories will never die
A
chubby hand holding a big “mummy’s bag” high
Identifying
at 2 every plane in the sky
Chips
in the open air movie together
Swimming
“a whole breadth” in warm sunny weather
Doing
well in school but never proud
Was
this the little baby who said “gwee” aloud?
Making
so many things for her baby brother
Babysitting
as carefully as a little mother
I
can go on and on and I do - inside deep
As
all of us do
And
will do and
will forever do
And
thus within us we will always you keep.
(This
is written in fond memory of my niece Kudy who would have been 10 ¾
years old ..............from her Chandu Mashi)
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