** My Mother **

Do you know what thou art to me? Do u? Not only the one Who gave me birth But, Thou art ineffable, Sunaina, O, Sunaina The most beautiful eyes. Thine eyes more resplendent than The brightest sun on earth Thine are those eyes Through which I see This plenary universe. Thou are that opal and saphhire a light which shines aglitter to show me of my wandering wayward deeds. Love to me, you taught to give For each and evey one indeed. No colour, caste or creed Just love and love to all who need. Thou teachest me To walk the portals of Rules of proper thought. Not to do all desipient things I ought Like whose my creator And whose my all. Thou sat by me Through all my twaddle Like sliced with knife Those interminable years Like springs and fountains of water so pellucid so clear Teaching me the ABCs of life. All these years thou my guiding star, and will guide me for many more, as I drive these totiled highways and junctions of life Through thickest and thin thou supported me Wrong, when I did thou spanked me though nay, no regrets, none do I have, for all those spankings Cos that’s what made me- This solid granite Me- what I am today. Never shall I miss thee Lo, in the vales of years beneath you’re always in my heart Not only as my mother But best friend Philosopher and guide Sometimes I grudge and misunderstand thee but I have my compunction, Pardon me for that transgression, No matter how old, I am but your child, thine infant Nay, thy babe For ever and for ever. MY MOM THE BEST IN THE WORLD (P.S. Sunaina in hindi means beautiful eyes.) (Dedicated to all Mothers for the Mother's Day) ANJALI 12-05-2009