Mother knew her son
Entering his teenage
Was perfect love.
The most dangerous mission.
Many will smell his blood
And many an ambush
and trap will be waiting.
So, the fear when he is missing
The mother and the father
Walk for miles all the way back
Looking for the twelve-year-old
Making inquiries
Recalling the long years in exile.
Reaching the temple, they gaze
At the young boy arguing with
the masters of logic,
And the text.
Clever in their cruelties.
Killers of love in a sword-like world.
The boy is confident and sharp
Compounding the priests.
They pretend amazement.
Poison within their minds
Begins to grow
The snake prepares for the attack.
Then the conversation,
Mother asks son WHY?
Son knows their anxiety
Replies, I am engaged in
My Father’s business.
Love must confront evil,
That is his father’s business.
Basil Fernando
