I love my parents

"I love my parents"....

Every child believe's these words

and every man says these words............

But sometimes it takes an incident

for you to realize the meaning of it..........

I was'nt lucky enough

to interact much with my grand parents......

The only memory is seeing my mom's mother

in the last stages of her life........

She used to come for summer every year

with me being her only company .........

She does'nt talk much

but wanted me to watch her the whole time

It might be because of her fear,

but used to look silly to me.

Since I was not given a choice

I had to don a watchman's role

It was the summer of exams

Inter Eamcet IIT..and what not....

The load took the toll on me
and I got worried about the exams....

I was getting more angry

whenever my grandmom calls me.....

and finally I had to to give an ultimatum

send her back to her hometown for this summer....

My mom profusely refused

Later she was thoroughly confused

But my fears got projected

and my word got elected

The arguments led to a cold war

between my mom and me..........

We stopped talking for a month

Neither of us breaking a word

Two weeks before the exams

I broke the ice

We patched up by putting make-up on each other

and played dice

The phone rang at midnight

my grandmom has passed away..........

I was watching my mother

the only time she cried this way.........

She was a lone child

crying her mother's loss

I was the lame crusader

with silent anguish and pain

The make-up washed away

slowly with her tears

I was stuck dumbstruck

with my greatest fears

Its been 7 years since this incident happened.......

The mother was able to forgive her son

But the child was not able to forgive himself
for leaving a child without her mother............

"I love my parents"....

Every child believe's these words

and every man says these words............

But sometimes it takes an incident

for you to realize the meaning of it..........