Ma’am and Mom

By Shivam Kumar

Ma’am and mom

both are the same

playing their role.

Mom at home,

teaches the child

to hold the pencil,

and at the school

she teaches him to cruise the same,

sometimes scolding and beating

in the form of ma’am.

When she scolds,

the voice of ma’am

coming from the heart of mom.

Like the flame of candle

which can harm,

coming from the wax, soft and warm.

Mom and ma’am

The world may differentiate,

but how the child

who has grown in her lap

and shone under her shade.

By Shivam Kumar