Parents are like farmers

Tillers of soil

Hoeing & planting

From dawn to dusk

Covered in sweat

Making sure every

Bud that blossoms

And blooms

Embedded in the

Fertile ground

Is able to suck

Reviving blood

Since the “essential nutrients”

Are buried deep beneath

Roots starts to take hold

Baby buds start to peep

Thriving under the

Rays of the sun

Blue skies & fresh air

Reared with devotion

As well as tender

Loving care

“essential Nutrients”fed

During infancy

Stand them in good stead

Will deter them from evil

Will follow the Path of Asha

Instead!

————-Farida Bamji