Teaching by negatives

What my mother taught me not

You never taught me mother,
how to be hard and stony,
Over others pains and tears

You never taught me to rest at ease
And find numbering comforts to increase.

You never taught me to hang after others
And how to exploit the toils of brothers;

You never taught me how to linger
For anything which could be won with our finger.

You never taught me to sell self-respect
For any craving to buy some prospect;

Mother, you never taught me to go low
When all demanded a hung down show

You never taught me to boast and pose
While I was selling sweat for buying rose

Mother you never taught me to live in dream
And you claiming to make a cake first and then cream

You never taught me human life is more than a speck
No other power can save our ship from wreck

You never taught me to grudge and make revenge
With any cause which came across to avenge

You never taught me to waive my concern and care
For any dependant demanded my dare.

Mother you never taught me to live
Leaving the show with out something to give

Mother you taught me all by negatives.