I'm always here for you.

For a long time I stared at this photo of my son and me, clicked a day after my Ted talk.

Then I just had to write this poem:
 

It seems like just yesterday

You hung on to every word I said,

Your world revolved around me

Your every need, I lovingly fed.

You show me the world through your eyes

Through you I learn such a whole lot.

Kindness, patience, tolerance

Are some of the things you unknowingly taught.

And then before my very eyes,

You change in ways I never know

You stop needing me like before

In so many ways you grow

I watch with pride laced with fear

This little one, not so little any more

A young man seeking his path,

Going out, carving out his own road.

I let go gently knowing

That the mistakes he makes will help him learn

But sometimes watching is so hard

To protect him forever, I deeply yearn

No matter how big you become

To me you’re always my sonny boy

God bless you, I cover you with prayers

May you have every happiness, every joy.

 © 2012 Preeti Shenoy
 
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