The Abode

Footsteps that once played beats of happiness
And harmonised with the orchestra of autmn leaves
Today stand at the doorstep playing their final beat...
Performing the concluding note of years spent at this place ... together!

From day one to year 21...
It has been long days and long nights,
And today has come the time to leave...
A tough goodbye we bid to this house
For milestones ahead await ...
With new stories... new moments... fresh ways!!!

And now as I crossed the verandah gate
A tear unknowingly just escaped
Out of my eye...
Urging me to look back just one last time!

I turned ...
And unconciously peeped ...
Through the open door... where the light surpassed!
The unclear tear had gifted me one last glimpse,
Of the stories we had together carved...  
As a big happy family!

From talking about childlike glass-break tragidies,
To gossiping and eating meals!!
From serious scoldings ... to instant laughter remedies!
All this is now fading off... but this memory will forever last!

And now when we leave,
The table... the chairs... the ornamental walls..
Unexpectedly have come to life
Just to bid us a hearty goodbye...
With a fake promise of meeting soon!
Another meal... another upcoming moment full of life... together... on the same table!

We pray to the moon and stars up high
May your gaurdian light
Protect our piece of shelter... this house always!
May springs, autumns, winters and heat...
Play the same tones of happiness and bloom,
The baton of life to you... dear nature,
We release!