On Father’s 69th Birthday
In his hospital room
Everyone has a father —
but only some fathers
sow the seed
for their sons
to break into song.
Historians chronicle
the cave-in of civilizations.
I can see your decline —
see it with precision and pain.
Father, you want to hold
the space you held.
But, is it my fault,
that your hands
now need me?
First published in Drunk Monkeys
Sanjeev Sethi is published in over 25 countries. He has more than 1200 poems printed or posted in venues around the world. Wrappings in Bespoke was a winner in the second Hedgehog Press Full Fat Collection competition. It’s his fourth book and is scheduled for publication in 2020. Sanjeev lives in Mumbai, India.
Good Dadhood 