Look Amma, an A+

Lazy Sundays
and a quick peek at the York website
a paper has been returned

apprehension, a little
did I do well, asks that other Rashmee
who used to run home through the streets
of Panaji to
show Amma her marks

or even go back from Ruia to show Amma
that she had topped from
all four streams of Life Sciences

And as this Rashmee, of 4 decades and then some
reads her paper online
Ah, Moodle

She remembers that Amma is here now
and there is no more running
so she delights in the A+

and sends the paper off
to her siblings and
children
and one surviving Elder
who is her guardian, spiritual

It's okay to revel in the achivement, chelda
says Amma

And I capture this moment
for all
the Rashmees that
reside in me.

*Chelda = An endearment, means 'child' in Konkani, my mother tongue.