Submitted by : writer1 on Islam

Looking for a suitable home
And good food for our little ones
Want them to grow up safe
And be healthy and strong

(Collecting twigs and building together
A beautiful little nest
Finding the best worms and berries
Coming up is a big test)

Teaching them what is right and wrong
What will benefit, what will harm
Treating them with love and patience
In peace, in steadiness and calm

(Showing them the creatures
From which they need to stay away
Raising them with loving attention
And letting them have fun and play)

Allowing them to move on when it's time
Hoping our teaching will protect them
Throughout life's test, it's battles
Because mightier than the sword is the pen

(Will our children fall or fly?
Will they pass the test?
Now is the time for our children
To fly from the nest)
Saqib Hussain

Author of "Sweet Bird" and other works, available for free download from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/566363