1/19

49. Go Back

I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.

2/19

55. What Time Remains

A somber reflection on death. "Precious is each minute and content he - Who fills each one with sixty seconds - Worth of distance run".

3/19

104. Superman

Wondering if I can ever be as cool as my father. "As time and again I realise he is the best of us - What can I say except papa I'll do my best in life".

4/19

129. Healers Creed

To find healing in this world

5/19

131. Kiss And Make Up

Small bit of prose written on my father's last birthday

6/19

145. Oh Father

After losing my father

7/19

165. Father

Heaven knows I try to make you proud of me.

8/19

201. Bless Me

Bless me father for i purport to build a field of dreams,i wish to srve with arms wide,so grant me your grace.

9/19

206. Someone to watch over me

"I'm glad you won me over as you stood the test of years... I now let go of my fears and grow up, enriched by my tears"

10/19

215. Namazi Senior

It wasn't till the last four yearsthat i spoke of being broken upon the rocks of life,was when i sensed your strength.

11/19

218. One

One day I hope to understandwhat it is to be a father and also to take the loss of your near and dear ones and not be devastated.

12/19

220. My Papa Never Said

There's things I never learnt to say or see but papa, I am grateful for all that I got from Thee.

13/19

234. Going the distance

let your dreams hold sway,be prepared to go the distancefor then will life have deep resonance.

14/19

242. Soul2

Written on All Soul's Day after a visit to my father's grave. For grieving families everywhere.

15/19

16. Unspoken

Planned selection of prayers and my own "Harmony" prayer - unspoken at Hussain Day, Bangalore

16/19

286. Father Mine

Written as I painfully miss my dad and want to have him back so we can both "serve humanity" as we individually strove to do so.

17/19

292. Appa

For my parents - "So fragile our dreams when we know not the way... Today, I am cleansed and freed of a self neglecting past"

18/19

315. Waves2

Father come back and kiss me gently and put your arms around me.

19/19

484. Dying

In this poem about my father's fear of discussing death, I begin to make a case for Euthanasia - something I've believed in for more than a decade.