Kids

I love spending time with my 4 year old niece. She is sooo adorable that I cannot help but remain transfixed when she is hopping around in her own childlike way. Innocence, charm, beauty, tenderness and everything else a child is known to possess, she personifies.

A little glance from the corner of her eyes, she has me beaming with smiles. A magical touch with her little fingers, she has me glowing with delight. A peck on my cheek, she has me brimming with pride.

I really enjoy it when she calls me “Somu Chithappa”, or sometimes just “Somu” or most times “Po da”. She left back home today after staying with us for 4 days. Despite her fear for my french beard, I managed to have her undivided attention yesterday when I was telling her popular “Kaaka” stories.

I always knew I loved kids (Not the way Michael Jackson does), and the last 4 days have merely reiterated that fact. And what day could be more apt than today for me to offer this dedication to Shreya, Ajay, Vikram, Saket, Karthik, Bittu, Shreekar and every other kid in this world. Here goes…

The kiss that you blow,
The peck that you plant,
The smile with which you charm,
And thoroughly enchant,

Your angelic language,
And the bewitching talk,
Your adorable crawl,
And the cherubic walk,

The hugs that you hug,
The excitement in your claps,
The softness of your butt,
And the way you wet my lap,

The gentlest of caress, that
Your tender fingers give,
The trouble-free, unpolluted life,
That you always seem to live,

The innocence that gleams,
In the corner of your eyes,
The questions you ask,
That take me by surprise,

The sweetest things you say,
The cutest things you do,
Are just few reasons why,
I completely adore you.