Dil Se Bubbles Kandhari

When we were young 
I would often ask just for fun 
Will you still love me when old 
“Forever my darling” I was told. 
With dreams in my eyes 
And hopes in my heart 
Moved on in life as 
Any loving husband and wife. 
Ours was a roller coaster ride 
As is in any couples lives 
We stuck to each other 
So the adversaries we could fight. 
Always looking for what is wrong 
Before looking for who is wrong 
Never arguing for very long 
This kept our relationship safe and strong. 
What more can I ask from God tonight 
With kids and grandkids now by our side 
Love of brothers and sisters far and wide 
Family & Friends our treasures and pride 
And a husband like him – The love of my life. 
Today when we are at this stage of our life 
Spreading love, doing Seva, The food on which we thrive 
I thank Waheguruji for all his blessings and more 
Nothing left to ask for anything anymore 
As fifty years ago, He blessed me with a man brave and bold 
Surender my husband – An Ocean of Gold 

I remember – I was a shy young bride
Stepping into a new threshold of life
This day today of twenty years
Was filled with apprehension and fears
Song on my lips and stars in my eyes
Dreaming of the beginning of some beautiful ties.
I remember – the first time you held my hand
We are as if in heaven and not on this land
Deeply lost in each other’s eyes
Oblivious to the world’s shouts or cries.
I remember – like all young people in love
Had lots to discover and to discuss
Over each other we would make so much fuss
The world seemed to end if one got cross.
I remember – the now silly quarrels and small tiffs
They added spice to a sometimes dull bit
Expectations run high when we are very young
Tempers volatile with sometimes sharp tongue
But the joy of making up was ever so great
It made up for the tensions the quarrels would create.
I remember – your reaction to our first born
Too nervous to hold but so proud when told
That you were the father of this new born
Your eyes were misty and looks forlorn.
I remember – for the second your pacing back and forth
Wondering why the doctor was not yet brought
When the cry of your son finally heard
With sheer joy you went berserk.
What can we ask from God today
When he has given all without our say
Our greatest treasure our sons today
Please God continue to bless them also we pray.
Lead us on with your kindly light
To do good deeds and reach great heights
We have no cause to fret or worry
Toddy on our twentieth anniversary
Yet another milestone in the life
Of any husband and his wife.
Twenty years of being together
Needs to put our cap a feather
Two decades it is today
But I still remember all
As only just yesterday.

Do not feel let down
When some people betray
To their own plot some day
They will eventually fall prey.
If they did not discover you
The loss is all theirs
You are one in a million
And for those people, who cares?
Do not waste the precious pearls from your eyes
All the pain within, do try to disguise.
You are the rarest gem
Whose value not all can realize
Who will treasure it?
But the sage and the wise.
Your petal soft heart
Bleeds with everyone’s’ pain
Your childlike innocence
Cannot fathom people who pretend and feign.
You call a spade a spade
Even if some don’t like it I am afraid
Your simplicity is the one that touches people’s hearts
The tensions and worries of others you cart.
The ocean of love within
Brings care and consideration around
Your goodness of soul
Helps the helpless unbound
Do not change today
If some people let you down
Do not even bother
To even wince or frown.
You are the lucky one
Closer to God
Unfortunate are they
For whom you are of no accord.
You are a jewel
Such in a million one you find
People like you are a blessing to mankind.
For my husband during his difficult times

What can I say to the one I love
More than anyone or anything
When I have so often failed
to let it show?
How can I say to the one
Who shares my life, my hopes
My dreams, my days, my nights...
The one I can’t imagine life without?
What can I do, for the one
Who stood by me
Through good times and bad times
The one I sometimes
Seem to take for granted
Even though I don’t mean to?
How can I explain to the one
Who understands me
Better than I understand myself
And whose support, encouragement
And belief in me
Help me be a better person?
What can I say
How can I say
What can I do
How can I explain
How much I love you!
In you I found someone special
And when our lives intermingled
I realized then that you were
My “once in a lifetime miracle”.
The older we get
The more I think about
What really matters in life
And so many things
That once seemed important
No longer even make the list.
Life gives us time
But only love gives it meaning
What really matters to me now
Is the two of us...
Sharing our lives
Reliving our memories
Dreaming our dreams...
Together.
And your birthday seems
Like the perfect time
To celebrate you...
To celebrate us...
And the joy of our life
Together.
Written for Surender on his 60th birthday

Twenty-one years ago on this day
You came into this world my son
Bringing with you the joy and ecstasy
Which only parents are privileged to enjoy
With the arrival of their first bundle of joy.
Your birthday brings
So many sentimental thoughts
To mind-like what a pleasure it has been
To watch you grow into
The kind and thoughtful person you are.
There’s a special kind of beauty
Deep inside the heart of you
Because the precious love of God
Is such a part of you
The things you do and say
All show His kind and loving touch
That is why a son like you will always mean so much.
From the moment you were born
I felt such happiness in knowing
I had brought someone wonderful into this world
For this to dear God I am grateful beyond measure
To have been given the gift of this priceless jewel – such a treasure.
From adolescence to adulthood, you have progressed
With visions of the future and all that is best
Dreams and ambitions play now a great role
With zeal and enthusiasm you work for your goal.
You are now ready to unfold your wings
To fly into the beautiful blue skies
Our love would not bind you
Nor our needs hold you
For you live in the house of tomorrow.
You are the arrow that has to fly
May we be the bow that is stable
May we remain the strength you rely
Even when old, frail and feeble.
May God bless you, with everything he deems best
Honesty, Generosity, Success, Happiness and the rest
May you retain the child-like innocence
With freshness of dew-drops and the flowers’ fragrance.
Thinking of you lovingly
As this big day appears
Thinking too of all the joy
You have brought throughout the years
Hoping your most special dreams
Will one and all come true
And there will be lots of happiness
With all of God’s blessings over you.

Written for my son Harjeev