Rakshabandhan....!!

I was a year old when you arrived

An innocent face filled with mischief revived

You played pranks on me galore

But without you my world was a bore

I was a girl and you were a boy

Yet we boxed each other

When we fought for the same toy

But when someone tried to harm the other

We hit back like a team no other

Years went by and we grew up

Our pranks made way

For secrets we’d never give up

Roles were reversed and you became

My guide and mentor who’d never complain

As I was stepping into a new life

That of a daughter-in-law and a wife

There you were standing by my side

As I was stepping out of our home

Lots of emotions I was trying to overcome

You held my hand as I cried

While your own tears you tried to hide

We went on to live our lives

Juggling our various responsibilities we strive

We may not be able to meet often

But if anything were to happen,  I know

You will always be with me, my Bro’

And each year as I tie Rakhi on your hand

I thank the Lord for Blessing me

With a gift so grand!!

One of the best gifts of the Indian culture is the celebration of a beautiful relationship, that of a brother and a sister. A bond that stands by us throughout our lives – as our Best friend, as our confidante, as a prankster,  as a protector, as our support system through our childhood and adolescence, through our first love and our first heartbreak, through our youth and middle age, someone who knows our strengths and weaknesses and yet continues to be with us unconditionally to guide us and to be guided, to laugh at us and to be laughed at, to help us come out of our mistakes and to hold great pride at our achievements, but more than anything else, to be there with us always...!!