I look at you shining star up above the sky.

You remind me of my best friend,

Someone close to my heart,

Someone lives far away,

Someone who loved me, supported me, appreciated things I did.

Someone always had complaints.

A teacher who gave me a first "very good star".

Childhood friends with whom I played hard.

Neighbor kids with whom we assumed life will be so easy if we grow up,

looking at a college going cousin.

 Granny lived near the playground with chocolates for us every day.

Seniors taught me how to break school rules.

My moody cousin, cute nephew, and an aunt with super gossips.

A person who smiled at me in a strange crowd,

A person spoke home language to me in a hi-tech city.

A smiling face that comforted in hard situation.

An amazing photographer.

Childhood favorite hero, had done real things for me in the movie.

Someone stood by me, when someone never cared.

Someone I could never thank and someone I couldn't apologize.

Someone tried to make me happy catching the pain within them.

The soldiers on the boarder pay their life to save me,

without even knowing me.

A beggar lady blessed me when I kept just rupee coin on her hand.

A man on the roadside convinced me that I will be a millionaire

if I buy a lottery ticket from him.

Someone saved my life.

Someone I always had wrong impression turned to be the best.

Someone I loved the most turned their face as if they don't know me.

Someone always had good words but bad mind.

Someone said there is no hope but other showed me how beautiful is our life.

Someone I called million times but they could never come back.

Whatever they are they made my days.

Kept me alive, made me fight, and cared along

And so I could be strong.

They showed how funny, crazy,

good looking but bad minded is the world,

to adjust with the situations,

to bend where supposed to,

and to raise where need to,

to live than just to survive.

That’s how I learnt

With all of its sorrows it’s a wonderful life.

 

Dear star, you look so small from the window.

But I see my world in you.

Countless distance between you and me,

The space between my fingers,

The moving curtains between the hearts,

And their absence.

I close my eyes, tears roll down,

The reason is unknown,

But

I miss them all

because sometimes its more than just the memories.

And my heart silently whispers

God keep them happy and safe.

On earth and those departed souls, the soldiers sacrificed their life,

And my loving dad

With them, he already has reached your home.