Oh my mother!

Oh my mother!
This is your toddler
Re-searching motherhood
After venturing in to parenthood!

To me,
You are an embodiment of all, God inclusive
Your life full of sacrifice
Yet standing tall as an edifice

Like a tree, I stand proud of myself
Forgetting my roots, deep in yourself
For you nourished,
Else might have perished

It was my foolishness
Wasted two good years to study business
Missing a management guru
That is you

Ironically, loved you more after getting married
When your daughter-in-law carried
An Offspring
Of your own fledgling

Oh! How difficult is parenting
A task definitely demanding
I am referring to your grand daughter
I know, in your mind there is laughter

So gentle you have been to me all these years
Though I have, many times put you in to tears
Now, I realise your value, my mother
The pleasure of being onshore, I don’t bother

It is told that life is brief
But without you it is full of grief
I have two kids to rear
You are the second one dear!

Sreeram Jaganathan
sjsreeram@gmail.com