Kaak

Stuffed with date

Stuffed with nuts

You will smell the breeze

Of Eid coming out of the oven

You will see a child grasp one

Or two and run toward the swing

You will taste the sweetness of joy

The mother’s heart stuffed with

Love as they roll it on kitchen bench

The aroma of backing would make

A crying child smiles like a candle in

The dark would make people laugh

Sweetness and crunch,

Two favourite elements of life

I take a bite of Kaak

Let the sugary fragments

Play inside my mouth

Wake up my sense that

World still can be fun as long as

Mothers, friends, and food in