An Ode to My Hero…

By Sushma Odugoudar

As a kid every time I watched you walk

Leaving behind you, your foot mark

I leaped and jumped to match the stride

Never succeeded however hard I tried

Now no more a kid and grown up in all ways

I still struggle every moment, nights and days

To stick to your path no matter come what may

Where principles and unbounded faith lead the way

After every fall you made me stand up-right

Wiping away my tears and making me smile bright

Teaching me to not lose heart in the moments of fright

Making me realize the real meaning of life is to fight

Opening the doors some old and some new

You showed me the world and its view

Telling me that the moments of sorrows are few

And each of them are here to teach us a chapter new

Like the fresh air that I breathe in

Like the flesh and blood protected by the skin

Like the heart that beats deep within

You stood by my side through my problems thick and thin

To that almighty today I place a request on the altar

If I am bound to another life later

Again and again I want only you as my father

As my strength to never falter

By Sushma Odugoudar