God Father's Toast Poem by O I

On that day, something happened
Though non-of us was there except two
Still we knew something happened
For you wouldn’t have cried nine months later
Your eyes shown brightness and intelligence
And behind the radiance
There was meekness, gentleness
Your tender nature scared us
The thought of you crumbling under the teachers scolding
The thought of you shying away from peer bullying
We were reluctant waving the very first bye-bye to school
Then came the common entrance
Not many could find it
But you did with your common sense
Suddenly, everything was changing
New school, new friends
Even you were changing – the adolescent blossom
As things were changing
Moving faster than you could really handle
Only one door remained to be passed
We prayed that in entering
You did not get stock by the ‘jamb’
The situation: critical
All fingers: crossed
The much-awaited result came:
“You are going …going to the highest place of learning”
Again that first feeling and fear came back
But our heart increased in joy
As each semester, you returned at a higher level
Nevertheless, we were often furious
You demanded so much money
And finally you called:
“Daddy, mummy its all over”
Our smiles were never so broad in a picture
As it did on your convocation