Parents

To be a parent is an all encompassing experience

You are in charge of a life (literally) 

And despite all the bravado you display

And all the unsolicited advice you receive

You are really clueless most of the time.

Your kids look up to you, a hero to them

They think you have all the answers

(If only they knew how wrong they were)

But it's still a good thing they assume that

As this faith helps you to help them in turn.

After all, any relationship is a two way street.

While you help them take their baby steps

You rediscover all the paths you have trodden

You go back in the past and remember things

Things like purity innocence and loyalty

As long as you don't mould them to your wishes

As long as you explain them their choices

And help them realize their true potential

You would pass the parent exam in first class

And prepare your child to be a parent later

Site Reliability Engineer

An SRE (as one is affectionately called)

Not only has to be a jack of all trades
But also the proverbial master of few
While not forgetting the tricks of the old
She should also keep learning the new

If you ask people what Site Reliability is
Each will give you a different kind of answer
They range from being a rugged fire fighter
To a true-to-the-fault lithe ballet dancer

An overzealous developer would say it only stops
Old Pops would say it's nothing but mere Ops
It's DevOps on Production says the senior manager
Keeping the s**t together muses the in-house philosopher

An SRE is the systems dude to the developers
And the development guy to the Operations
Ultimately he is the one everybody blames
And made responsible for the Abrogations

Whatever the truth, this everybody agrees with
SRE is here to stay for good and is not a myth...

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A miracle that is performed only by a woman
Is to bring into this world a brand-new human

While the new life is making its appearance
You would have to hold on with perseverance

But never forget in those moments of strife
You are contributing to the great circle of life