I Remain Your Father

With a heart
Full of affection 
I picked up
An abandoned bundle
Of flesh and blood. 

With a heart
Full of love
I raised him up
As a disciplined 
Young man. 

With a heart
Full of truth
I concealed, yet,
Some realities.

You were my world 
And me yours
Until you caught me unawares
Dancing, 
As one amongst them... 

There emerged then
Between us
A world of difference and distance. 

Yet
With a heart 
Full of
Affection, love and truth
I remain your father
Though, a eunuch.

Reena Charles Chairperson 
Ek Ehsaas Foundation ( EEF) 
Delhi