You beckoned me to the kitchen Even when I have piling homework To watch you with your wok spatula With homely pleasures of your flavours With arising curiosity and excitement For three humble years I was tasked To watch the sizzling magic of your wok And the next three years a mundane task To cook only a dish which With growing apathy I loathed to be at your beck and call But I abided with reluctance yet due respect Eventual realisation to my growing passion A deeper appreciation to the art you impart Then a surprise teaching of something new Which I never knew Will alas be the last Before you depart without goodbye In earnest, I recreate your flavours Only in hopes you taught me more