A LETTER TO MY FATHER
I am delighted my dear Father,
Delighted to write you this letter
Though deep in my heart l know,
Know it may never reach you
So Father l have my fingers crossed
Praying and hoping the post-man will do
me a favour
And deliver this letter to you
Father l wrote to say, to ask and to
seek
Father you left my side before l had hatched,
You left before l could judge the world
My mind still too young to understand
why two plus two makes four
Father l ask,
‘’Are you satisfied that you left a clueless,
innocent child behind you’’
Reply in your next letter
This is a letter to you Father
To remind you that the chick has grown
into a hen
I have grown into a young maiden
Full of questions and wonder
My heart beats fast in search of wisdom
And then l smile and think how it would
have been nice
Nice to write to you and ask
‘’ Father am l now old enough to own a
male “
How anxiously l would have waited for
your reply
And what you would have wrote would have
been my command
Father they say a lot about me
The male say lm proud ,
The females naive.
But l am not Father
All l know it that lam lost ,
Lost in a world l do not own
I seek for answers my dear Father
You are a man and have gone through a lot,
Now l ask
“How does one know they are in love and
he in turn feels for her?”
I plead, try and reply.
It would have been lovely
To speak to you face to face
Shy l would have been but confidence l
would have regained
For you are my Father
It’s a shame you and l can never meet
For we now belong in different worlds
Though apart we might be in flesh
In hearts and memories we will remain in
each other
By Amanda Ranganawa
