A Family Beyond Blood

I CAME TO THIS CITY WITH DREAMS IN MY EYES,
A STRANGER TO STREETS, TO FACES, TO SKIES.
BUT SOON IN A ROOM THAT I CHOSE TO STAY,
I FOUND A FAMILY ALONG THE WAY.
AUNTY, YOUR LOVE WAS TENDER AND DEEP,
IN YOUR CARE I FOUND A COMFORT TO KEEP.
WHEN SICKNESS TOUCHED ME, YOU STOOD NEAR,
COOKING WITH HANDS THAT CARRIED LOVE CLEAR.
UNCLE, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR STORIES AT NIGHT.
LIT UP MY PATH WITH GENTLE LIGHT.
YOUR GUIDANCE SHAPED THE CHOICES I MADE,
YOUR STEADY SUPPORT WILL NEVER FADE.
TANU DIDI, LIKE A SISTER YOU WERE,
WITH SCOLDING AND LAUGHTER, YOUR HEART SO PURE.
IN EVERY WORD, IN EVERY CARE,
AND JHALAK MY FRIEND,MY MIRROR, MY GUIDE
WITH YOU I COULD SHARE WHAT I HELD INSIDE.
WE LAUGHED, WE FOUGHT. WE UNDERSTOOD TOO,
IN EVERY SILENCE I STILL FOUND YOU.
NOW AS I LEAVE MY HEART FEELS TIGHT
MEMORIES GLOW IN THE SOFTEST LIGHT.
THIS HOUSE, THESE BONDS, WILL ALWAYS REMAIN,
ETCHED IN MY SOUL LIKE GENTLE RAIN.
FOR FAMILY IS NOT JUST BY BLOOD DEFINED,
BUT BY LOVE AND CARE THAT HEARTS ENTWINE.
THOUGH DISTANCE MAY GROW AND MILES MAY PART.
YOU'LL ALWAYS LIVE WITHIN MY HEART .
:- Ayush Kirayedar