MY PARENTS

‘We fed you with sweet milk and butter

we showered rains of love up on you

we gave you care and protection

we provided you the elixir of education 

we taught you the dos and don’ts

and

we saw you growing taller

and taller like a coconut tree

rather like a full bloom

what all you needed  once

we provided you it

it is time you fend for yourself

otherwise earn to stand on your feet.’

-          One day my parents

called me by their side

and advised me.

They were two calm, serene

lakes speaking out

yet ripples coursed

through my spine in

quick succession

disbelieving my eyes and ears

for a few seconds

for a few seconds only….

Like an obedient child,

I could come to grip

with my parents advice

within minutes

and I started learning to tread

paths to the future alone

with gratitudes galore

towards my parents……