A lullaby for my daughter about #MyFirstExpert

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There was a period in my life when I could not sleep due to lot of worries about my future. I would 

lie wide awake in my bed, crying in the stillness and darkness of the night, struggling a lot before 

going to my parents room and would lie next to my mother silently. She would realize my presence 

in her sleep and would hug me and within seconds I would be in deep slumber as if back in the 

womb. Though I have written many times how my mother has guided me in my life - be it in making 

me learn bicycle even when I gave up trying, or when she encouraged me to pursue studies from

 good universities in different States or giving me courage during my delivery, still, those nights 

when just her proximity would make me sleep peacefully are one of the best memories I have of my 

life before I got married. Being settled in Bangalore, far away from my homeland where she still 

tends to her garden and cook delicious meals, I miss her and often remember the warmth she gives 

me when she is close. Though a mother is a #FirstExpert innumerable times but just a silent touch of 

her is enough to prove that there is an unspoken connection bonding a mother to her child. Here's a

 poem dedicated to those nights and mothers, as I am one now 
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Sleep O sleep my little Angel,

It is too late in night..

I can't sleep O my mother..

my daughter sweetly replied

Why, dear angel, can't you sleep?

I asked kissing her forehead..

I have so many things in my mind

and so my little one said..

Sleep O sleep my little Angel, 

I will tell you a tale

About the time I was like you

worried if I would fail

Night was like monster to me

I was unable to sleep

Haunted was I with images of past

The future too looked very bleak

For hours I would lie awake

turning right and left in my bed

Scared what would happen to me

Gripped by fears unsaid!

By midnight I would be tired

Fighting with distress so deep

And tiptoe to my parents room

Where my mother was fast asleep

She realized me lying next to her

And embraced me in her arms

It gave me comfort of all the worlds

like back in womb, I felt warm

In seconds I was in deep slumber

all my worries were gone

Such was the effect of the queen angel

to whom I was lucky to be born

I wish to give you the same warmth

so come and hug me tight

As I looked at the face of my little one

Found her resting like a star bright

I caressed her cheeks, 

tucked her in bed and then called my Mother,

To tell how much I miss her everyday

And in my next lives want no other..

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Prompted by Godrej for #myfirstexpert on the #MothersDay