Jacinta Kerketta, "Care" (poem translated from Hindi)
Source here
Mother
Why do you spend the whole day
wandering through the forest,
crossing mountains,
returning home late in the evening
just for a bundle of firewood?
Mother says:
I roam the forest,
climb the mountains,
wander all day
only for dry wood—
So that I don’t end up cutting a living tree!
Translated from Hindi with the assistance of ChatGPT.