Papa
/I'm sorry
I have seen the world with your eyes
I have seen your smile-concealed cries
I have barely fathomed
The ache on your shoulders
I have seen your dreams smoulder
Oh how hurtful
How damning it must be
To live within your soul
But with smiles so free
I was dumb, I was naive
To be uncaring, to be ignorant
All this time not seeing
Human you are, yet a superhuman soul
To shield us from villains of the world
Putting yourself in the line of fire
Taking a hit when times are dire
I'm sorry
I have glimpsed at your tears
That you meant to keep hidden from us
I have glimpsed at your fragility
And now I know how it hurt you
To see us hurt
Now I know the love
That eminates from you
Is far more greater than ours
And it surprises me
It fills me with awe, with envy
How can you love us so much
Through all the anguish?
I'm sorry
I know how you hate it when we cry
But I can't help it
You couldn't have hidden it from me
Any longer, I'm older
Now I see you
And so I hurt
And so I cry
And so I'm sorry.
I love you is an understatement
For what I feel for you papa.
By Jamima
From: India
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