Showing posts with label light. Show all posts
Showing posts with label light. Show all posts

Monday, July 26, 2021

YOU ARE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

(A gratitude poem for all doctors and the medical fraternity)

When the storm hit the coast,
your kind hands cupped the dangerous waters diligently, patiently casting them away, day after day.

The wild pandemic storm did not cease  even then, knowing there were white coat clad commanders ready to save the shore from putting weapons down.

The vulnerable ones lost the battle.
Innocence stopped breathing.
The human scenario changed from bad to worse.
Lost lives could not be reclaimed.
But the sick, the downtrodden, the confused, the helpless were saved again and again by those generous souls, warriors of today's kalyug.

Indebted to you for life for the love that you have perceived in each one of us.
Grateful to you for reaching out when you yourself were at the receiving end putting self and family to risk.
Thank you for keeping alive the light at the end of the tunnel!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Light At The End of the Tunnel


Somehow, as she left
she paved the way
to pursue what she gave up for me.
Her death, an unbearable loss,
a black hole,
a dark night
from which I can never come out
or so, I thought
yet, she showed me light at the end of the tunnel,
a brighter day,
a path I never knew existed
and, here I am facing a wave
of learning children
who are to be my medicine for pain,
as they distract me, from my grief
with their innocent faces, smiles and actions.

I can see her smile now,
happy to experience her daughter's joy.
Thank you Ma!