Axe Handles

Axe Handles is the story of father and son; the father wanting to pass his culture on to his son. He wants to shape his son just like you shape an axe handle. The father sees himself as an axe, just like he saw his teachers saw themselves as axes shaping their handles (their sons or students). The son is the handle and this whole process is a life cycle. Every person has to be an handle, who has to learn the culture from an elder, because he can be an axe, who can shape someone else's culture.
I can relate to this poem because my Dad taught me everything about his culture just like his Dad did. I'm even starting to teach my little cousins about Pakistan and I feel that I'm slowly maturing into an axe, who wants to shape handles (my cousins). I know it's a journey rather than a jolt, but I'm ready for it!