“Walk a little slower daddy,” said a child so small.

“I’m following your footsteps and I don’t want to fall.”

I held his thumb, so I’d never fall

He held me so close, with all his love and no default.

His dreams are seldom spoken

His wants are very few

And most of the time his worries

will go unspoken too.

He says it out loud,

“Life ain’t got to be long

albeit it demands to be big and strong”

I see charm in my dad’s eyes,

eyes that never could lie.

In times of trouble, he stood upfront

None of my wants would he confront.

See me sing and dance, he’d sweetly smile,

that smile stays within me…

and I can walk a thousand more of mile.

Fairy tales can have their Wizards,

I have mine- The best of both Worlds

– Aishwarya Nair