An Ode to My Spectacular Baby

You my dear are like a part of me, it is only because of you that

I get the strength to see this marvelous world in all its beauty.

It is only because of you that I can appreciate the dewdrops on the leaves,

The small rainbows each one of them holds as the first rays of the sun fall on them,

It is only because of you that I can appreciate the shades of the sky, the shapes of the clouds, the verdant fields, the vibrant flowers.

It is only because of you that I can read people, know what really lies behind the words that escape from their mouths. I can read the eye twitching, the nostrils flaring, the slight up tilt of their lips, the fingers drumming, the legs bobbing…

You help me know the real from the fake, sieve out the people who truly reflect rainbows like the dewdrops on the leaves.

  You my dear are like a part of me, it is only because of you that

I get the strength to see this marvelous world in all its beauty.

I bathe you five times a day in clear, cold water just the way you like it.

I use only the softest of cloth to dry you in slow, soft motion.

A single scratch, my dear on your perfect body is like a scratch on my heart.

When anyone touches you with their unclean, greasy fingers

 my vision gets blurred with emotions.

I keep you safe, perennially close to me at all times.

At bedtime, I see to it that you are tucked in, in your special room

 under your soft, warm blanket.

  You my dear are like a part of me, it is only because of you that

I get the strength to see this marvelous world in all its beauty.

I started caring for your eldest brother, when I myself felt like a child. He taught me to be a mother, a grown up, a dependable person. I have had five of you wonderful siblings and I have loved each one of you immensely. Each one of you has been to me like a precious piece of jewelry, I guard you ferociously like a lioness guards her cubs.

You guard me too you know, by shielding from the world the emotions which keep flashing in my eyes. I can hide my true self behind you, I can hide the dark circles of my life behind your love.

They ask me how can I love someone who leaves marks on me, who needs so much care and guarding. I just smile and tell them that,

  You my dear are like a part of me, it is only because of you that

I get the strength to see this marvelous world in all its beauty.

As I sip on a hot cup of chai today, on this rainy morning, with each blow in the cup before every sip, you put up a private rain show just for my eyes. You show me fog and then rain drops even though it hurts you.

You help me focus when life is a blur,

You put clarity in my bleary life,

You make my world vibrant

You truly make my life spectacular.

  You my dear spectacles are like a part of me, it is only because of you that

I get the strength to see this marvelous world in all its beauty.

Sneha Karle 1^st September 2017