Child Poem by Mohammad Younus

Child

Child
Why is the river laughing?
Mother
Because the sun, dear one, kisses it each morning.

Child
Why is the river singing?
Mother
The nightingale's praise has gifted it a melody.

Child
Why is the river not running backwards?
Mother
Because it whispers to us, life's stream flows endlessly.

Child
Why is the river cold?
Mother
It remembers love, born in the embrace of glaciers.

Child
How old is the river?
Mother
As old as Time, yet forever young, my child.

Child
Why does the river never rest?
Mother
The mother sea awaits her child's return—
A reunion carved in the heart of destiny.

MyKoul