A letter from my sky, sea, sand and salt!

 

I have lived half a century in this world of realism and fantasy
And I have made much mistakes and learned a good deal of truths,
Seen multitudes of people and spent many days of joy and distress.
But of all the moments I have ever lived and will ever live,
The moment I knew I'd become a father for the very first time
would be marked the highest in my graph of blissful happiness.
And it was you my child, who emplaced me in the 'n'th level of ecstasy.

I was afraid to release my grip on your cute soft hands
And send you to people and places beyond my field of eyes,
For I knew the world isn't as lovely as you've dreamt off
And that it had handsome monsters extending candies.
But above all the fears, I'd to let you go to taste some,
To sense the real ones from the fake in the years to come,
To bring few tasty toffees to share at home.

I remember the days when I had bathed you
And clothed you with the new school uniform,
With a heart so heavy with thoughts now so silly.
But think my child, should I be not fearful
For sending you to learn literature and mathematics
From people whom I knew never before,
With no clue how and what they would teach you
What ideas and mannerisms might they inject in you
And how do they treat you, my little princess?

I was eager to know with whom you made friends
As I did fret about how they would mould your make-up.
I was dying inside with the fear of losing you
In the age when your pals are everything and beyond.
I had this urge to always be your best companion
Even if you wrote letters to your then friends
Saying you were soul mates for life and forever.
I knew unquestionably, and I was proud of it you know,
That your mom and I would be the only forever for you.

There will always come a point in life inevitably
Where I will have to share a divided portion of your love.
Realising the reality that you once were something of my own,
And now not, for there has come a man who would take my role,
The role of a fearful father to the children you bear and birth.
The pain you endure for them would be more painful to me.
This old man will be watching you then from far,
With the fear of you having the fears that I had for you.
It is part of this job my dear, you will know when you become one.

I never expressed these concerns as I knew it was of no use,
Because you would never grow wise and soar new heights,
If I always held you in my arms and sheltered you in my house.
I suppose, I was a better father to you each day.
Never forget the little doses of wisdom I taught you.
Always go beyond your comfort zones as I usually urge you to.
A dad's fears vanishes when his children act beyond his expectations.
A little compassion, a pinch of love and a lot of faith would do.
Life isn't that hard my dear, I have made it much easier for you!