Happy Mother's Day!

You taught me to :
Add more friends
Subtract ego and dead ends
Multiply happiness and joys
Divide things between girls and boys
Making you my favorite Mathematician!

You taught me to :
Use love as noun and verb
Add beautiful adjectives and adverbs
Make words a magical world
And in meaningful conversations how to hold!
Making you my favorite English teacher!

You taught me that :
Motion X Acceleration can also be Force
To resolve frictions on all surface not just coarse
Pressure, Stress and Torque are also a necessity
Just as Speed, Velocity and Gravity
Making you my favorite Physicist!

You taught me that :
The art of  cooking
How important are H2O, CaCO3, NaCl and other things
Mixing the right acids, alkalis, sugar and salts
Yield yummy cakes, cookies and malt!
Making you my favorite Chemist!

You taught me to :
Take pride in our family tree
And all the important people around me
Who and where my folks are
Having me wonder how you remember this far!
Making you my favorite Historian!

You taught me :
That travelling the world is not just fun
But an utterly essential one
Knowing cultures, and getting me interested in places
And in reveling in lovely new faces
Making you my favorite Geography teacher!

You taught me :
That sports builds character
And how I should work as a team and its protector
How winning and losing are a part of the game
And I should first play the game and then aspire for fame
Making you my favorite PE teacher

You taught me all the subjects
Also times when I should accept and times I should object
You taught me beyond all books
So the best All-Rounder professor award you took!!

Happy Mother's Day!

~RN
05/13

Perfect Imperfection

Have you observed the asymmetry

    In the petals of a carnation?

Its imperfect fractal geometry

    Amalgamates into a perfect creation!

How curious are those assorted arcs

    Ascending from violet to red

Whose imperfect array of bright and dark

   Forms the perfect rainbow over your head!

Have you paid heed to the bees, toads and birds

   Buzzing, croaking and chirping in cacophony?

How in tandem the imperfect chord

    Transforms into a perfect symphony!

Take a moment each day to relish

  The myriad hues and tones of the sunset

An imperfect palate of purple, pink and orangish

  Is bound to leave you in perfect delight!

What about the fingers on your hands and toes

  That help you weave, knead, stand and twirl

Their imperfect sizes of highs and lows

  Getting you that perfect bow and hurl!

Just think of the adorable baby

  Giggling, smiling and babbling

In a language so imperfect that in reality

  Is the one that’s perfect, pure and endearing!

In this worlds that’s imperfectly perfect

  Would it be wiser to say?

Given that all that’s imperfect

  Is perfectly nice this way!

~RN

12/1/19