Name For The Baby Poem by Khadim Hussain

Bonny baby boy
Jet-black hair
Hazel-brown eyes
Face of an angel
We have no name for the baby.

Read the baby name book
A To Z and started again
Telephoned, texted and e-mailed
All the clan
Near and far
But still we have no name for the baby.

Consulted all
Friends, neighbours young and old
The Batunia, the reserved, Musafir and the Imam
Still we have no name for the baby.

Every suggestion found no consensus
How can we find a name
For such an angel?

“Smiler! ” shouted a five year old,
“He’s always smiling” she added.
Smiles appeared on everyone’s face,
But, we still have no name for the boy.

“I know, ” piped a three year old
To everyone’s amazement,
“Ask the baby, ” she added.
“I know my name, and everyone knows
Their name”, she insisted.
Still, we have no name for the boy.

Granny snapped, “Not any baby, but an angel”,
“You mean he’s out of this world, ” I said
Granny smiled, “We’ll call him Aftab”.
Aftab?
Every looked towards granny.
“Aftab, the sun.”

Batunia: chatter, a great talker
Musafir: Traveller