ABOVE FATHER NO OTHER

 Photo courtesy : PRIYANKA SUKUMAR.

 A poem by SAGAR SHARMA,

At age 8, Your dad buys you ice cream.

You thanked him by dripping it all over his lap.

At age 9, He paid for piano lessons.

You thanked him by never practicing.

At age 10, He drove you all day from soccer to one birth party after another.

You thanked him by jumping out of the car & never looking back.

At age 11, He took you & your friends to the movies.

You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row.

At age 12, He wanted you not to watch certain TV shows.

You thanked him by not listening.

At age 13, He suggested a haircut.

You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.

At age 14, He paid for a month away at summer camp.

You thanked him by never writing him.

At age 15, He came home from work, looking for a hug.

You thanked him by ignoring him.

At age 16, He taught you how to drive his car.

You thanked him by sneaking out with it.

At age 17, He was expecting an important call.

You thanked him by being on it all night.

At age 18, He cried at your graduation.

You thanked him by staying our partying.

At age 19, He paid for your college tuition,

drove you to campus & carried your bags.

You thanked him by saying bye outside the 

dorm so you wouldn't get embarrassed.

At age 25, He helped to pay for your wedding

& told you how much he loved you.

You thanked him by moving far away.

At age 50, He fell ill & needed you to take care of him.

You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their kids.

And one day, He quietly died.

Everything bad you did came down on YOUR HEART.

"ABOVE FATHER NO OTHER"  :-)