By Apphia Ruth D’souza

CATCH (For my elder brother, who passed on four years ago) How disappointed I was by the speed at which you caught me at a game of catch and cook How long it took, until my finger would just about graze the back of your sweaty t-shirt when it was my turn to catch Panting, I would say, "you're cheating" when I really wanted to say, "you're winning.I want to run as fast as you" As I watch two children run on the sand today, I'm reminded of my panting, your winning and my disappointment without you here to catch me. *Catch and cook is a name used for tag by the poet
Apphia Ruth D’souza is a Counselling Psychologist and the Vice Chairperson of the International Attachment Network, India. She has published articles in Tarshi, Gaysi Family and Kalnirnay. Her blog is http://lemonadegirl.blogspot.com/.
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