Dedications —> Shayesteh

1/19

49. Go Back


I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.


2/19

55. What Time Remains


A somber reflection on death. "Precious is each minute and content he - Who fills each one with sixty seconds - Worth of distance run".


3/19

104. Superman


Wondering if I can ever be as cool as my father. "As time and again I realise he is the best of us - What can I say except papa I'll do my best in life".


4/19

129. Healers Creed


To find healing in this world


5/19

131. Kiss And Make Up


Small bit of prose written on my father's last birthday


6/19

145. Oh Father


After losing my father


7/19

165. Father


Heaven knows I try to make you proud of me.


8/19

201. Bless Me


Bless me father for i purport to build a field of dreams,i wish to srve with arms wide,so grant me your grace.


9/19

206. Someone to watch over me


"I'm glad you won me over as you stood the test of years... I now let go of my fears and grow up, enriched by my tears"


10/19

215. Namazi Senior


It wasn't till the last four yearsthat i spoke of being broken upon the rocks of life,was when i sensed your strength.


11/19

218. One


One day I hope to understandwhat it is to be a father and also to take the loss of your near and dear ones and not be devastated.


12/19

220. My Papa Never Said


There's things I never learnt to say or see but papa, I am grateful for all that I got from Thee.


13/19

234. Going the distance


let your dreams hold sway,be prepared to go the distancefor then will life have deep resonance.


14/19

242. Soul2


Written on All Soul's Day after a visit to my father's grave. For grieving families everywhere.


15/19

R-16. Unspoken


Planned selection of prayers and my own "Harmony" prayer - unspoken at Hussain Day, Bangalore


16/19

286. Father Mine


Written as I painfully miss my dad and want to have him back so we can both "serve humanity" as we individually strove to do so.


17/19

292. Appa


For my parents - "So fragile our dreams when we know not the way... Today, I am cleansed and freed of a self neglecting past"


18/19

315. Waves2


Father come back and kiss me gently and put your arms around me.


19/19

484. Dying


In this poem about my father's fear of discussing death, I begin to make a case for Euthanasia - something I've believed in for more than a decade.