My Mum - My Guiding Light

The moment I first opened my eye

Just an hour before the dawn

The first name I uttered in my cry

Was none other than my mum

One day when I cried with fear

She took me in her arms

Softly with care, my mum

Lulled me with her melodious hum

The day I first spread my wings

And failed even in my third try

“Get up “, said my mum

Teaching me never to say die

The day I soared high in open sky

Leaving the warmth of my cocoon

Like an invisible tree, stood my mum

Shading me from every monsoon

The moment I flew out of my nest

With an arrival of time uncertain

An anxious heart shook my mum

Longing for my earliest return

A time when I was struck with fever

She was awake the whole night

Sitting by my bedside, my mum

Prayed for me to be alright

A time in life when everything messed

With situations I could hardly cope

You were there for me, my mum

Blessing me with a ray of hope

A time when I had lost my sight

And the day suddenly ended in night

You were there for me, my mum

Showing me way like a guiding light

A day when I will turn a sixty

And you shall be in your eighties

I will still be, my mum

Your same old little girlie

The day when I will close my eyes

Just an hour after the twilight

A last wish that I will sigh

“May you stay, my mum, forever by my side!”