On This 9th March

At times
The moments spent alone
To understand our loved ones
Far outnumber
The moments spent together
With our loved ones.

At times
The walls erected around us
Of brick and mortar
Are far easier to scale
Than
The ones we erect against
Our own flesh and blood.

Fathers are
Not to chide
Or to restrain
Sometimes,
They are there
Just so
We don’t fall apart.

They say
It’s a small world
Daddy
You went
And the distances became
Unfathomable...