' This is based on a true story that I read when I was a boy and a die <br />hard fan of football' <br /> <br />'What can be in a father's mind after he left his only son in a <br />burning ghat <br />at the bank of the sacred Ganges river? ' <br /> <br />He took the ashes in a pot and wiped all the tears in his eyes <br />For the grief was too pensive for him to cry <br />any more <br /> <br />He once thought to give his life into that lonely river <br />To mingle with the soul of his son <br />His only son! <br /> <br />At that moment someone whisper'd in his ears <br />'Today is the IFA cup final betwixt East Bengal and Mohun Bagan' <br />A game of football that he loved since he was a boy <br />Like his only boy! <br /> <br />He wiped his last tear from his face <br />A feverish wish dragged him to Eden Gardens <br />He shouted the most <br />Spray'd all the ashes over the victorious players' heads <br />B'coz his own team had own! <br />He came back happy as a man <br />Who lost his only son! <br /> <br />Copyright: Shamik Bose 2009<br /><br />Shamik Bose<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-father-who-just-lost-his-only-son/
