Filial Love

All that I am, I owe it to you. I have no God other than you two.
You lived in a world where there were no nukes or nerds
You lived on simple rice and curds
You knew not about chromosomes x or y
but brought forth a son and heaved a sigh
You showered me with love and affection
Spared the rod without spoiling the child i must mention
I remember you mother, pledging gold from your ear
to pay my fees and make me an engineer.
Spartan living and noble thoughts
Love of poetry and literature.
Your life itself was an example to follow
Before which bookish knowledge sounds so hollow.
How can I ever repay your debt?
Not in this life I bet;
I have to be reborn again and again,
In every birth, you as my parents will remain.