Mothers!

My mother believes she's Superwomen.

She thinks she can fix everything

and when things can't be fixed 

she thinks she fix that.

She knows that when she tells me that it'll be alright

I'll believe her, because we all know

nothing is better than a mother telling you that.

My mother also believes in things.

Things that only she believes in

and probably are not even believed by my grandmother

but she'd want you to work according to it anyway

she'd tell you

don't leave the house now, wait a bit longer

or get a haircut, your fever will be alright

things only she can make sense of

but it's alright that's what's special about her

My mother doesn't want much,

she wants to be just loved and appreciated

and I think I fail at that at times.
I think there are times I think I'm so grown up

that I really just start behaving like a 13 year old boy

And my mother gets hurt, because she keeps on trying

without fail, and I guess that's what makes her

the mother you need, because she'd love you

even when you're being an asshole.

But my mother knows,

that even though we're fighting

and even though we're at each other's throat

I love her. That's who I am. I've always loved her.

She taught me things that no one else has.

She taught me compassion.

She taught me that love someone. But wholeheartedly.

She taught me to forgive.

She taught me that you can be who you want.

She taught me to be better man.

She taught me, a better man doesn't mean you can't be an asshole.

She taught me, being an asshole doesn't mean you can't a good man.

She's taught me how to be strong when things are falling apart.

She taught me never to lose hope.

She taught me never to lose.

She taught me how to live.

And often times, and mostly always

I forget to tell her how much I love her.

And how much she has taught me. 

But I know she knows.

My mother thinks, she's never wrong.

Now I know where I get that from

but you see, she is 

She is wrong, and she's not perfect

and she makes mistakes.

and there are times when she wont accept it.

And then my mother and I will fight.
But if I can tell you a secret

that's us, that's who we are

we're two people who fight and love

and work in this dysfunctional way.

My mother has a very different opinion on child discipline

It mostly includes

beating the shit out of with a ruler, or maybe belt or maybe

every once in a while if you think taking shower is bitch, why not try drowning the kid.

But you see, that's most of the Bangali parents.

Hell I think that's all of Indian Parents.

So don't judge, my mother loves me.

But my mother is beyond all of that,

she's sometimes over the edge with her inquisitiveness

but I don't really mind cause I know she only wants to fit in

and bridge the generation gap

I've seen my mother go beyond who she is, to make me comfortable

and maybe I'm not the perfect son, actually I'm not

but I am a kid who does like the little things.

My mom thinks she can cook North Indian Food.

She can't. She sucks with it.

But I honestly don't have the heart to tell her.

She still can't get her chapati right.

Why burst her bubble. I don't want that guilt on me.

So maybe there are times when my mother isn't being all epic.

But there are times when she is.

And there times when she's just being "ma"

So when you come to me one day

to tell me I can't change the world,

think twice because my mother has told me otherwise

she maybe sheltered small dreams

but she never let me sleep with a sky that couldn't fit all the stars I wanted

she told me if I wanted the sky, I could have it

and if I could have it, I could work for it.

She never said road to happiness would be easy

she said it'll be worth it.

She also told me, life will get harder

and sometimes for a long long while

and I'd think that this is all that's there to it

but I should wait because things get better

because I can change the world.

So when you come to me to tell me the world's just too big to be changed

remember you're talking to the son of a Superwoman.