The strength from love: A poem 

I saw my Mum in marigold 

My dearest in jasmine’s fold 

My dad’s asters I did behold 

And all of these in streams of gold 

The pets were there at every stare 

And siblings with whom to share 

That precious moments are never rare 

Even if battles rage over my hair 

There was much too a forbidding cliff 

But courage was my greatest gift 

And raised my flag in the stormy drift 

The world would be mine after its shift 

And the love unspoken and untold 

Gave me strength and me consoled 

That I can fight till I’m old and cold 

The magic carpet is never unrolled 

In my lamp, is a benevolent genie 

My cup of tea has spoonfuls of honey 

I know there will be a tryst with destiny 

This sublime, myriad treasure for all to see