Wearing my apron
I went to kitchen in hurry,
After a lot of choices
I decided to cook curry.

I added some spices
To make it taste good,
But none of them
Helped to enhance the food.

Then I added the 'Salt'
Which brought the flavours together,
This reminded me the virtues
Of my beloved mother.

Even being all together
Every taste was now expressing,
The salt blended them magically
No flavour was suppressing.

A mother to a family
Is just like salt to food,
I realized it that day
And yes the curry tasted good!

- Chandni Tripathi