Stop and ponder

Busy with our work, 

we fail to notice our baby is a toddler now

Tight up with tight schedule

We hardly had times for our spouse

Trying to reach our office on time

We hardly notice the waving branches along the way

Finishing our assignments

We didn't realize our office mates are hungry for our time

   to share her/his problems with us

Working so hard to please our boss

We forget to please our family

   with precious time spend on a holiday

Working hard to make more money for our family

We fail to realize they value our time more

    to be spend with them

If only our kids can pay

to get a few hours of our time

they are willing to pay

to get back their long lost parents

What a poor life

if it is judged 

on how much money we make

What a sad story

to give expensive stuffs as present

when what our family need

is our precious time with them

full of laughter

full of sweet memories

Presents will be forgotten

presents will perish 

but sweet memories will remain 

to our death bed

Appreciate what we have

while we still have it

while we still deserve it

or it will be taken away

leaving us devastated

realizing we have been chasing untouchable rainbows all these while

when beautiful flowers in front of us

wilt away without us realizing

its very existance 

Don't wait

until it's too late

May Allah bless us all. Ameen.