All I need is a hug...

Little had I known

That I would be this alone

To not even being able

To walk a stone…

Dad had promised me no heart breaks.

He made me smile when I was awake

We made a secret pact that we shall be

Always the best of buddies…

But then a huge time gap came

We were together yet we became

The strangers who would talk less

And often smile at each other.

But oh Dad, how badly do I miss those days

When you would come to me

And hug me always.

There were those stupid evenings

When I would rush out on hearing

You arrive. Hug you tightly

And proudly say, you are all mine.

Now you hugged me only when

You knew I had a heart break

And stood by me

When everyone else just stared.

He came like a wind

He left like a storm

He made me unwind

Myself and made me strong.

The best part, dad, you accepted him

Without a question or two,

And I knew everything was so true.

Yet it has come to this

You, who made me realize the true essence

Of being hugged, left me in the mist.

And today I woke up realizing late

That I could never hug like that again.

Now I wish I could hug myself

Because it’s a gesture of

Being loved and being cared.

I could hug dad again

I could hug everyone today

Yet little will anyone of them know

How badly I need a hug this day.

Strong arms around me

Unspoken promise of eternity

Secure and protected from the

Rest of the mean world.

Oh! How much I can give

For a hug like that.

And so I jump off my bed

Rush to the bedroom

And hug my family,

The greatest gift of my life.

I hug my grandma, insomniac she is.

I hug my dogs, lovely babies.

I will hug everyone who comes around

Love this day and spread love always.