Is the best ingredient,
That makes life bearable and liveable.
Never mix it with spicy jealousy and hate,
Ego too has no room for it.
Love needs a lot of sacrifice,
Though we had very little papa and ma
worked very hard to give us a decent life,
We all five siblings understood and never complained or made demands,
We made do with what we had,
Even if we had to skip lunch,
There was ambience of love that strengthened our bond,
If the parents had gone out and there was nothing to eat we three sisters would wait
for my older brother to come home,
Bro, we are hungry,
There is nothing to eat,
He would go ,buy eggs and bread,
Cook, make tea and lovingly call us to eat,
If I had cramps and pain on the first day of my periods,
He would make coffee for me,
Gave me a hot water bag,
And massaged my legs with Vicks,
That's brotherly love.
As we grew older,
My eldest brother did two jobs so that we could have a better life,
He only kept some pocket money and the rest he gave papa to pay the bills.
Papa was always there for us,
Seeing to our needs,
Even putting colgate on our toothbrush,
Making sure we never drank water immediately after having sweets or sour fruits,
Gives you sore throat,he used to say.
When we sisters went to a party or a movie he would wait for us near the door until we returned safely,
Fatherly love.
Ma really worked had ,
She catered and stitched clothes for others and never complained she was tired,
Papa and ma rarely argued,
He gave her her space,
She went to kitty parties and outings with friends,
She would call her friends home and we all helped,
Parental love and understanding.
There was an almost four and five year gap between me and my sisters,
And taking care of me was their responsibility,
But women are women,
They can be a bit mean,
They would bully me sometimes to do things for them,
Like if I didn't give them the extra money they would frighten me that they would run away into the jungle,
For me jungle was a frightening place,
I would quickly give them the money,
But if it was not for their persistence and eagle eye I would never have finished my high school,
I loved them a lot.
5/10/2025