Sorrow tinged with joy

Sorrow tinged with joy

By

P.R.Ramachander

I  had a  non believer  atheist friend  ,

And one day   we both saw  ,

That one of our common fiend has died,

Because   we were  informed by his crying son,

My father  has  reached the  lotus feet  of god.

My  atheist  friend  laughed  uproariously  ,

And told  me, “If  our friend    has really reached God ,

Why  is his son crying  and weeping,

Instead  he should be full of joy.”

My friend   had a  married  daughter ,

And I asked him , “I know  you gave ,

Your daughter in marriageto a prosperous family,

But on her marriage  day I saw you crying ,

Why were you not happy  that your daughter,

Would lead  a much happier life than you?”

My friend told because I  would miss her company,

And I told him,”Our  friend;s son  would also miss his father,

And that  may be the reason  that he is sad ,

Though  he  knows that  his father  would,

Reach  the lotus  feet  of God and be eternallay happy.”