This is a poem that my brother-in-law Ranjit wrote for the memorial service of his mother Hephzibah Devadason who passed away on 27th December, 1996.

Mother, oh my mother dear

1. 
   
   
   Mother, oh my mother dear
   You were always very near
   As I spent this whole year
   Without worry or any fear
   
2. 
   
   
   As the days draw near
   I’m really beginning to fear
   Without you, mother dear
   How’d be the coming year?
   
3. 
   
   
   Mother, you spent your whole life
   As my father’s loving wife
   Your love to children freely flowing
   And to grandchildren overflowing
   
4. 
   
   
   Sharing with others was your nature
   Caring was in your blood, I’m sure
   You were of a different kind
   Loving, honest and being kind
   
5. 
   
   
   Be it Charles or Motilal
   You were like a mother to all
   This Church was your worship place
   And here only you ended your race
   
6. 
   
   
   Thirty eight years in DTEA School
   You didn’t lose your patience or cool
   The whole lot of the teaching crowd
   For you mother, is feeling proud
   
7. 
   
   
   Your neighbours talk so high of you
   For me, it is nothing new
   You were like an Onida TV
   Owner’s pride & neighbours envy
   
8. 
   
   
   You spent Christmas in good cheer
   With family in my house this year
   But in the same night, mother dear
   You made us all stand in tear
   
9. 
   
   
   You were put in ICU
   But I hardly could see you
   The doctors couldn’t locate your vein
   The prayers & medicines went in vain
   
10. 
    
    
    I gave you water and my blood
    Why did the doctors pronounce you dead
    I fail to understand this mystery
    Which ended your precious history
    
11. 
    
    
    Yours was a life so beautiful
    Yours was a life so meaningful
    Yours was a life so purposeful
    Yours was a life complete & full
    

D.S. Ranjit Kumar
December 31, 1996