A Thankyou Note

For answering my call, despite not being free

For staying up late, giving up on your sleep,

For listening to my stories, not batting an eyelid

For singing to me, as I'd welcome my dreams!

For how you'd hold me close amidst friends, and beam

For how you've thanked every waiter who has served us a meal

For that first kiss you planted on my forehead in glee

For wiping my tear which trickled down, after some movie!

For noticing the pimple that caused a blemish on my cheeks -

And yet making me believe that I was still queen!

For how when you hug me and make me daydream

For how your eyes still look at me and brightly gleam!

For the silly misunderstandings on that Valentine's eve,

For the times you forgave and the mistakes you let be -

For respecting my choices and being with me

For the happiness you brought in, as agonies were forced to leave!

For thinking beyond the barriers of caste and creed -

For the patience shown as I kept testing if you would ever flee,

For bringing back faith and offering a love - in which I could believe

For teaching me that as we give back, more in abundance we receive!