Happy Birthday Bestie

// Dedicated to my best friend Deepa -7th March 2020

You were not there in my pages..
In all those pages of my story..
Of childhood...of teenage...
Of adolescence...
You were not counted on..
In all those bright days of my story..
Of happiness...of richness...
Of laughters and fun...
And then the page turned abruptly...
To a dark one and even darker one...
In all those darkness of my story..
Of distress..of loss...
Of loneliness...
That was when you lighted a lamp...
And said..."here...look here....walk towards here".....
I saw the light.... for more bad days were yet to come...
And God saved you for me...
To hold me....
He knew I would even loose my own sibling....
It was all written on those pages....
But yes....he knew there could be someone to hold on.....
And from then on...
All the pages where written with your name
Of umpty number of laughters...
Of umpty number of tears..
Of umpty number of fears...
Of umpty number of......what not.....
We were together....
The coming pages of my story....
I don't mind what it's written of...
As long as I get even and even more years...to wish you...Happy Birthday.....
To keep thinking...how best I could wish you....
And write my own Pages like this....in my own words.....
Love you for all that you are my beloved..

Happy Birthday my bestie.....