HOPSCOTCH
All your life, you played hopscotch,
With one-legged and sometimes broad jumps,
To avoid the vagaries so hotch potch,
Till the very obstacles you had triumphed!
With one-legged and sometimes broad jumps,
To avoid the vagaries so hotch potch,
Till the very obstacles you had triumphed!
Scary moments you skipped around,
With fiery determination and grit,
Mysterious protection so profound,
Guided you in this game of skill and wit!
With fiery determination and grit,
Mysterious protection so profound,
Guided you in this game of skill and wit!
Many boxes you stepped upon,
Thinking with creativity,
Changing life’s inherent poison,
Into medicine; madness to sanity!
Thinking with creativity,
Changing life’s inherent poison,
Into medicine; madness to sanity!
Oh suddenly, your game came to an end,
Two months ago, your last day lived,
Last day played, till the lines bent,
As you skipped away, ever freed!
Two months ago, your last day lived,
Last day played, till the lines bent,
As you skipped away, ever freed!
We should be happy, you won the game!
But the pain strikes across the court,
Rivulets of tears, blur the pain,
Physically, we are now forever apart.
But the pain strikes across the court,
Rivulets of tears, blur the pain,
Physically, we are now forever apart.
But the boxes and their lines remind us,
That life is an endless game of hopscotch,
Of fighting like a lion courageous,
And smiling till the last box is crossed!
So through the foggy eyes, we see you,
We remember a life well lived and grand.
Standing to play another game with life,
And playing it beautiful and bold, till the very end!
We remember a life well lived and grand.
Standing to play another game with life,
And playing it beautiful and bold, till the very end!
27th September, 2016 (2 months from the day Manju Dasgupta last lived)
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