Written piece
My Love That Does Not Rush Toward You
Sancheevi Sivakumar
Sri Lanka
About this piece
My submission is a Poem regarding a love of a father toward his daughter expecting some changes in her characteristic nature.
My Love That Does Not Rush Toward You
Time moves on—
marking its presence as usual,
celebrating change as it goes.
But you alone,
even in your replies,
remain unchanged—
just as you are.
Like a worn-out lighter
whose flint has faded,
each time,
only after sparking anger
do I see you give out your light.
Until yesterday,
even the sky that carried a Waxing Gibbous
now pretends
to have come with a full moon.
Please do Change.
That is the longing
of my love
which does not rush
toward you.
Sancheevi Sivakumar (04.05.2026)