The Most Beautiful, Who Made My Life Beautiful

March 5, 2025

Searching for life, nowhere to go
I found you, only you
You came into my life halfway through
to become my best half, strong and true
Not just as a mother to my son
but to be like a mother of my own
Though miles apart
My heart longs for you, for you alone.
How blessed am I
to have a wife like you.

Your name 'Priya' means Love
Yes, as pure as a dove
You Loved me, cared for me,
Fed me and always praised me.
When everyone lost hope in me,
next to my mother, you believed me
In my tears, in my sickness
In my troublesome times,
In all circumstances,
you stood near me and with me.

You modestly dress
Yet tidy and beautiful.
I never saw makeup on your face
Yet gorgeous to look at.
I have always admired you in Saree
So neat, like iron pressed.
No need for jewels, no need for extra arts
Yet elegance flows.

Gold or silver, saree or churidar
You never asked me anything.
You save even a penny
Not for you but for the future.
You seem to be timid and childish
Yet, you stand tall and bold when in crisis.
Even though I caused you so much suffering,
you embraced me with a happy face!

More intelligent are you than me
But you never surpassed me.
You sacrificed everything for me
Your profession, your studies, and your career.
You gave up your dream and lost your future for me,
To find a future in me.
You made yourself suffer from pain
so that I could see this new world!
Though time may pass, and days may flee,
You are always a part of me.

I know you are not alone,
Millions like you make love their own.
As mother, wife, sister, and a dearest friend,
A love so pure, it knows no end.
Only in people like you, the generations find hope
Ages to come, never forgetting the work you all have done.

PHILIP RICHARD SUNDARAM
MTS & Co-Editor, The Herald