Convey Your Time To Parents

When I was a little baby, a helpless baby, 

Who wasn't able to walk properly,

Who didn't know how to eat

In that phase, what my parents did, 

From feeding to keeping me clean –

A routine of life that had always been! 

And now when parents are aged, 

They feel like they are caged; 

Just give them a little part of love that they gave; 

Just avoid doing misbehave! 

When I was small and I was unable to eat and bath, 

Mom bathed me without any loathe, 

And wiped me dry and made my hair, 

All my nonsense activities, she had to bear! 

When parents are now pretty old, 

Or have a fever, catch a cold, 

Should not the children care for them, 

And treat them for each new problem? 

When you were just a little child, 

And parents scolded you so mild, 

To show you what was wrong and right, 

And provide a future that was bright! 

And now when parents have gone weak, 

To walk, your help, they seek, 

Oblige them with a heart all glad: 

Old age is a phase that is tough and sad! 

When you were craving for food, 

My mother cooked, no matter how's her mood, 

And took a deep breath of relief, 

As I'm her fief! 

And now, when parents ask something, 

Be kind and courteously do bring, 

They cannot buy whatever they feel; 

They cannot run or walk or kneel! 

When you’d joined school for the first time, 

And could not say even a line,

Your mom had taught you how to write, 

And sang a ‘lullaby’ at every night! 

And now when parents cannot read, 

And reached a stage, they cannot feed, 

Shouldn’t children help them with these chores, 

And see that they don’t get bed-sores? 

When you were children very small, 

And cried for a tiny doll, 

Your parents fulfilled all your wishes,

and shower love with cuddles and kisses.

When parents elderly now need, 

A blanket when it’s cold indeed, 

Should children not offer the same, 

Avoiding saying words of shame? 

As children, you knew not to talk, 

And parents taught you how to walk, 

And told you stories, sang you songs, 

Correcting you in all your wrongs! 

Now old-aged parents, need your love, 

And not the warmth of any stove! 

They want their children to converse, 

And not a filled wallet or purse! 

You turned a man, woman o’er years, 

While parents wiped away your tears, 

And found a partner good for life, 

Ensuring days, devoid of strife.

When parents are now bed-ridden, 

And tell you truths that were hidden, 

Shouldn’t you mitigate suffering, 

Without causing some bickering? 

Yes, children, you cannot return

The love what parents’ hearts did burn; 

Thank God for giving such great souls, 

Who led you to heavenly goals.

The least that aged parents ask, 

Is see their children do God’s task, 

And live in harmony with all

Relatives, neighbors, till Lord’s call! 

So, do your duty to parents

In ripe old age in ways you can, 

And get their blessings on kindred, 

That stays generations hundred! 

Attend on parents in good cheer; 

Be kind to them and always near; 

Don't shout at them and don't make them fear,

Not every children gets this chance,

Having parents to love and take care.