Once upon a time, three years ago, <br />He was a nerd, sleeping with books, <br />Dancing with ideas to write the thesis, <br />Pumping in the lab to talk with his specimens, <br />Dreaming of changing the world in a second, <br />Once he graduated in the gown and the scroll <br />Thinking of his stingy parents as old timers, <br />Assuming the society very backward and stone aged, <br /> <br />Windows of the world seemed to be locked, <br />Always felt the heat in the fuming acidic mind, <br />Readymade food was desirous and delicious. <br />I saw him, carrying his young son on the chest, <br />Still wearing the age old university trousers, <br />Bought using the money sent by the parents, <br />It was the eye hospital, where two years old has no task, <br />When the eye sight of the son is an issue, <br />I observed the true father erupts from the nerd. <br /> <br />Hugging the son tightly; precious than his degree, <br />The words are softened; even the voice is ironed, <br />The uniformity in the waves of behavior; wrapping, <br />His young son with the smooth cotton candy of hands, <br />made him to wear branded pants, shirts, shoes and cap, <br />The son was crying in pain, while the father sheds the tears, <br />Using the kindest words to console his young son, <br />When the nurse tried to put the drops, the father's face was sad, <br />We haven't lost our culture of being humane and responsible, <br />That young father has proved that we are on the right track.<br /><br />veeraiyah subbulakshmi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-new-human-father/
