Tribute to my Children

I planted a sapling

   In my garden

Tended it watered it

   Patted it pampered it

Expecting it to bloom

   It grew but not tall

It grew but did not bloom.

The weeds around

   Hindered it tampered it

Frightened it crumpled it

   Crushed it destroyed it.

My folds could never

   Help it to bloom

Every support at its fall

   stiffened its wing

It failed to fly.

Uproot Yes! Re-plantation

   Strengthened its wing

   Alone it struggled

   To fly high above the clouds

   To swim in deep sea

   To fight the deadly

   To stand alone apart

   To speak for its right

   To set herself on path

   To progress To strive.

Bloom my child

Shine my child

Grow my child

Let my lamp dimly

   Lit for thy

Let every step forward

   Make it glow

Glow glow glow until

   It sets to sparkle

World around.