By Gaurav Ojha
PROMPT—No one noticed ...
Mother, when your dreams begin to crumble before the eyes
Feel the sunshine you have been hiding to protect your daughter
Even if your daughter rejects your reflection
Think of yourself as a shadow she needs during desperation
Mother, you are compassionate
Love without a condition or comparison
Mother, when your daughter finds your care and concern
Boring, burdensome, tedious, routine, and repetitive
Let her dance to the rhythm of her decisions
Mother, enjoy her music in your heart
Realize that even the right decisions turn into mistakes
Determinations get dissipated
A mother and daughter can be wrong about many things together
Mother don’t allow errors to take away her freedom
Encourage her to find a space away from the ways of the world
To be at ease with herself outside the boxes of expectations
Mother, don’t bracket her into your image
Don’t allow your fear to determine her courage
See how she paints her canvas
Learn to appreciate her art
Mother, you don't need to throw away the buttons
from your daughter's tattered clothes
You may need them to stitch her life together later
But for now
Mother, if you can make your daughter feel
She is never alone in her thoughts
You can hold her hand
But you don’t need to become her mirror
Gaurav Ojha is a faculty of communication, critical thinking, management, and research at different educational institutions inside the Kathmandu Valley. As a part of his creative interests, Mr. Ojha regularly publishes opinion posts, poems, and non-fiction articles on a wide range of topics, from death, disease, social issues, and humanism to spirituality. He writes from Kathmandu Nepal.
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