The Father’s Shadow: English poem by Kamal Raza on Father’s day

Keeps the family under a shielding shed

Protects the progeny from gusts and falls

Effaces posterity’s hitches and famines

Loves the kids from the core of heart

As a bird shelters broods under wings

Likewise, pater safeguards household

Faces teething-troubles of society

Nears children to heart; away the severity

Bears the harshness for glee of kin

Strives for the best to delight the ménage

Feels the innocent desires of beloved kindred

Fulfils their necessities in true spirit

Kids waiting for the arrival of sweet pa

Many not deprived of alike heaven

The huge eternal deal with Almighty Allah

Passing caring hand on orphans’ head

Hasnain Raza is in class 8 and lives in Kohat, KPK.