MY FATHERS FUNERAL

My heavenly mother who passed away on 22nd Dec 2012 was staying with me at Indore MP India. I thank all my friends relatives and well wishers who stood with me and provided emotional support during this hour of crisis. Thank you all once again.

Below is the poem I wrote on14th Feb 1994 3 days after my father ( Late Shri Jhunnilal Vashishtha) passed away on 11^th Feb 1994.

A Funeral

I remember, I remember, the day I remember,

When people in my house got out numbered.

Thoughts regarding life lingered in my mind-

To see my father laid down with little kind.

People together from all walks of life came,

To see my father who left everything but his-name.

I remember, I remember, the day we went away-

With the body of father, whose soul left away.

After the stormy life throughout he fought-

The body seems desperate to burn itself out.

In the silence prevailing in his face, I read

Thoughts of the hard life he fought.

Leave me alone, leave me alone face seems to say-

As crowded people started fleding away.

I kept myself alone near the flames,

Which started eating the body too- who to blame.

The condolonece was over for those who came-

They started bathing on my father’s name.

I remember, I remember, the time ticking away-

As my father stealing even his body away.

Sudesh Kumar DJV

Palakkad (Now at Indore)

14^th Feb 1994

10.10 Pm