Red Heaven

The Red Heaven!

'Appa?'

He jerked from his thoughts when they called him; he didn't know when his eyes started shedding tears. But only one thing he knew was, that it had been so long, yet everything was still fresh and strong his heart.

'Appa?'

'Solu da kanna..'

'Nanga rendu perum unluckya pa?'

He panicked, and looked at one of his daughters,

'Dei! Arkshya ma..yaru sona? neenga rendu perum engaloda devadhainga..(smiles with pain) unga amma onnuku renda kuduthutu pona engaloda soththu da neenga..'

His eyes got blurred, while his another identical one wiped his tears, while her eyes too shed tears,

'Ammava unaku pudikum nu theriyum, aana ivlo pudikum nu innaiku tha pa puriyuthu..intha 20 varshathula ni oru vaati kuda en ithelam engakita sonnathilla?'

He smiled at her, and gently stroked her hair,

'Ayara ma, intha 20 varshathula ava enna vitu dhoorama pohala, inum enakulla jaasthiya vanthutaa..(chuckles) unga rendu peroda mogatha na annaiku pakala..annaiku ungala en kaila thanthappo na unga ammava mothalla pakanum nu tha keten..'

'Annaiku enmelaye enaku romba kovam vanthuchu..enala tha elam nu thonuchu..oru paithiyakaran mari kathinen, sanda poten..yen saahalam nu kuda nenachen, apo tha..tho! itha unga amma enakaha kuduthutu poiruntha..'

His eyes shed more tears, but soon he wiped it himself, and showed a frame which contained a piece of paper with her last poem, but everlasted in his heart,

'Unga mogatha kuda rendu naala pakama apdiye piththu pudicha mari kedanthen..thangama rendu kozhanthaingala kudutha maharasi avaloda valarntha kozhanthaya thavikka vitutu poitaa ma..'

He suppressed his cry, while they too felt like their whole world crushing down, witnessing their dad breaking down so bad for the first time in their lives.

They immediately hugged their father from both sides and patted his chest, while they too cried,

'Appa..azhatha pa..engalkum azha varuthu..'

Looking at his daughters, who were still children at their hearts even though they had grown up into beautiful women, he wiped his tears and hugged them,

'Avala antha nelamaila pakra dhairiyam enaku irukala ma, elame mudinchu poiduchu nu irunthen, apo ava ipo tha aarambichiruku nu annaiku puriya vacha..'

Ayara took her mother's last note, which was neatly framed by her father and kept safely all these years, and read it,

'என் உயிரில் கலந்து உறவாய் மலர்ந்து ஊனில் உருகி என்னை பெண்ணாய் வடித்து

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