A deadly nightmare

......... The deadly nightmare... Mom! Had not i told you to hold me tight? Had not i told you the hawk is hovering around? Had not i told you the weather is cloudy then? Had not i told you i had a nightmare the previous night? "A vicious hawk swooping a hen on its lone chicken, Then flew in the sky oozing blood on the beak, I espied the chicken bleeding to death, Under the callous claws of the hawk, Here mother hen fluttering in grief to and fro, Pleading the hawk for the life of the lone fledgling, The tryant never listened though, Riped it apart, devoured with feathers too!" A deadly nightmare my mother i saw. I fear,my mom, hold me tight, hold me tight. The hawk is hovering around to kill, Who will then cuddle you tight, My Mom,. Whom then will you kiss every morning,? Will not you remember me near the oven, When backing the bread alone at dawn, My lunch box will remind you my being, My uniform is unironed in the wardrobe, Downstairs my boots are dirty with mud, Mom, my books are torn to shreds you know, My school bus is waiting me there on the road, My friends are calling me, May i go my Mom? I have saved a rupee for you, My Mom, Will fetch a scarf for you, my Mom. Hay, Mom, please! don't weep, here i am! Hay Mom, look at the sky ,here i am," A beautiful star twinkling this night. ........ My son, My life, were are you? Your Mom is here, cuddle me tight. Cuddle me tight, hold me tight. (Aftab Tariq)