The Perfect Wife

I am looking for a perfect wife.

A girl whose heart beats for me.

A woman who knows how to run a house.

A genuine lady as committed as the humble bee.

In return I want to give her tons of happiness

And love she never imagined to be true.

I want to make her feel special

Like the freshness of morning dew.

What I want from her is a smile every day

when we open our eyes in bed.

I want her to tell me every sadness she has

While on my chest resting her head.

I want her to hug me as soon as I reach home

I want her to cook me the best of food

I want her to be in unconditional love with me

I never want her to be rude.

Whenever I am sad and down with pain

I want her to hold my hand

And tell me “Darling, I am here with you no matter what,

Even though time’s slipping as quick as an hourglass filled with sand.

I want to her to understand when I am angry

That I need a listening ear more than any body’s advice

I want her to understand that sometimes it’s good to be unusual

By adding a little bit of spice.

I need her with me in sickness and health

I need her to be by my side

I want to play a part of being a wonderful husband

To my one and only bride.

I want to surrender my everything to her

I want to submit her my life

I want her to be the center of my universe

That’s when she will be “The Perfect Wife”

-          Kkenneth Fernandes 30^th May 2012 2:32 PM

The Jesus I knew

This is a story of a friend, Emmanuel was his name
But once I recognized the true him, everything I knew never remained the same

It all started when we were in college
Emmanuel was asked to help a deeply worried friend
Emmanuel said it was not his time yet & he was not prepared
But immediately a helping hand is what he lend

The next incident happened when we visited children poor and sick
All of us friends were trying to make the children smile,
Emmanuel went up the stage and gave a speech never heard
There weren’t any poor & sick children, hence, up to until a mile

One fine day, floods hit the village
Food was scarce & people did not even have blankets to pull
Emmanuel collected money and made sure everyone ate
The leftovers were 12 baskets full

Emmanuel was more than self-giving
He would go out of his bounds to help others
All the elderly, were his own parents
All the young, were his brothers

The last part came when a faraway village
Was caught in the clutches of a life threatening disease
Hospitalization of the patients was important
But they stayed at home due to unaffordability of fees

That’s when Emmanuel decided to take part in a race
So that he could win the cash prize
He would donate the entire amount to that village
He hoped that money would suffice

He trained very hard for the final run
He pushed his body to the extreme
He wanted that village to restore its health
At that point, it was his only dream

The day was initiated with a lot of music
The gun shot was fired by the host
All Emmanuel could see was the face of those villagers
And the money that they needed the most

In the last moments of the Final Lap
Emmanuel excelled and won the race
But the suddenly before he could stop for the rest
He fell and his heart just stopped its pace

There was something he never told us
His chest always experienced a lot of pain
Doctors had warned him that if he ever ran
He would fall to never rise again

I ran to him and comforted him
But by then his life had diminished
He had worry in his dying eyes for the sick villagers
He concluded saying “It is finished”

That is when I realized with my wide teary eyes
Those were Jesus’s last words
Suddenly time stopped and silence filled the air
One couldn’t even hear chirping from the birds

The feeding of the Hungry, The curing of the Sick
And of course the first miracle
He lived his life so that others could smile
He died for God’s own people

That village soon restored its health
They will remember him throughout their Life
They now call him God’s chosen one
Coz he served happiness while being pierced by a knife

I feel like that traveler, who, while Jesus was with him,
Did not have the slightest clue
The name “Emmanuel” means “God be with us”
It was the name of “The Jesus I Knew”
-Kenneth Savio Alex Fernandes
10-Jan-2012, 2:33 P.M.