Just The First Step Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Just the first step,
that's all you need from me,
once with your hand in my hand,
put your legs on the green pavements,
where there is grass,
peeping out from the joints of stones,
watching colorful flowers,
on both sides of the way,
in ecstasy of aroma,
you'll forget the pains of your feet.
By now you walked on the soft carpet,
and when you fell down,
you weren't hurt,
but that wasn't life,
carpets lead to you to an artificial world,
colorful paper flowers,
air conditioner's cooling,
light of bulbs,
but life is somewhere else.
Life is the name of soft aromatic flowers,
Hot sunlight and pleasant moonlight,
Come on and walk on the pavements of a garden,
be careful,
if you fell down,
you'll hurt yourself.
I am with you,
and I shall guide and help,
but soon you'll have to walk all alone,
I promise if you walked with courage,
in love of a fairy land,
that looks far from here,
soon you will find yourself in a wonder land,
whereat a fairy with a bouquet in her hand,
is starring at your way,
struggle and make yourself worthy of the princess,
getup once again if you fall,
continue your journey,
though it's trough and tiring,
destination is soothing and pleasant,
don't give-up my child,
the fork has come,
I shall go to the right
on a way that leads to heaven,
and you on the left
on a way that leads to a place on earth,
where there are flowers,
music and dance,
love and romance,
life is lovely,
make it a beauty by love,
struggle and work hard,
to have a room in the framework of beauty,
best of luck my child!