My appreciation of ‘Apa’

For the sweat you shed on the terraces
To furnish us food;

For the dwindling strength
You spend in the woods
To keep us warm;

For our immoral peccadilloes
You reproved
To mould us into decent men;

For the worries that
Furrowed your brow
Wrought by our weaknesses and failings;

For the faithful prayers
We learnt to offer and,

For the unblemished footprints
You imprint
For us to follow,
We, thank the good Guru for you.