Sailor’s New Year Day

Sailor’s New Year Day

People phone and people wish.
People hug and people kiss.
They use many ways to express and say
the happiness and joys in their hearts they have
and they wish to convey.
The pleasure of being among them and there.
But some people dream it all too.
And because they are far and away
They can’t hug kiss or tell what they miss
So they pick up a pen and scribble a line or two.
Like.. Happy New Year to All of You
But from oceans dark and deep ,
where they sail
There are no post offices
to post the letters and mail
They try not to miss but fail
As they struggle hard to go to sleep
undecided should they smile, laugh or weep

Or how should they fight the fear
that nothing may happen to them
or to those who are dear
Some times they just pray and say
“ I am happy to have the pain
of separation from my dear ones
and can wait to feel the warmth of their bodies
until I meet them again.
And the day they meet their wives
dear ones and the children sweet
The whole world can call. And it may
call it an ordinary day
But for them its certainly a new year day
Yes ! New in its own very, very sweet way.