Who are You, Dad ?

Hari Om

Who are You Dad ?

Who are You Dad ?

The child once asked

Dad, He looked up

From His task.

Shrugged His shoulders

Laughed that laugh

"I am Your Dad

Isn't that enough ?"

Tell me Dad!

I asked again

No riddles,

Tell me clear and plain.

He held my hand

And pulled me close

And in that instance

My world froze 

"I am the light

I fill the sky

I made the trees

The birds that fly

This cosmos, world

And many more,

I make, have made

And made before

In the fragrant flowers 

You feel me

I guide the travels

Of the honey bees

Infinite names

And endless forms

Different paths

So many norms

But in the end

All lead to Me

Those who walk

This path are Free"

I saw all this

Just as He spoke

And in me 

An awe awoke

That He who made

All that I see

Lives as a man

The same as me

I cannot begin 

Or hope to grasp

What He is,

I shouldn't ask !

It is now

My turn to laugh

"You are My Dad,

That is enough ! "

Shri Ram 

Ambadnya 

I Love You my Dad

-Arnav H. Tongaonkar 

20.2.2016