A Happy Tomorrow - At What cost?

sathyavenkat · Jan 29, 2008

With a heavy load of books
Tucked on to her back
A child walks slowly
To school everyday

Nobody sees her off to school
Both parents work full-time
They tell her they work 24x7
For her to have a better life

When she gets back home from school
The maid gives her snacks to eat
Her clothes are changed and she's then packed
Off to tuition till 8'0 clock

For 8'0 clock, the child
Impatiently waits, to show her parents
The award she has won
In school, for a poetry competition.

Her parents come home by 8'0 clock
They shoo her away, when she opens up to them
Overcome by fatigue, they go to sleep
Leaving her alone and in grief

For the child another morning dawns
And its like this for many children
Promising them of a better morrow
Are parents robbing them of a Happy Today???

Contributed By: Sathya Venkatesh

sudhavnarasimhan · Feb 1, 2008

Hi Sathya,
That was a wonderful poem.... cold feel the loneliness of the child.......loved the last para,

"For the child another morning dawns
And its like this for many children
Promising them of a better morrow
Are parents robbing them of a Happy Today???"

Isnt it true that promising a better future the parents dont enjoy the Present which is what makes up for the Future!

I wish all parents realise this and try to spend more time with children!
Great work, keep it up!

sathyavenkat · Feb 1, 2008

sudhavnarasimhan said: ↑

Hi Sathya,
That was a wonderful poem.... cold feel the loneliness of the child.......loved the last para,

"For the child another morning dawns
And its like this for many children
Promising them of a better morrow
Are parents robbing them of a Happy Today???"

Isnt it true that promising a better future the parents dont enjoy the Present which is what makes up for the Future!

I wish all parents realise this and try to spend more time with children!
Great work, keep it up!
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Thanks for the encouraging feedback sudha. I very much pity those children in the homes where both parents work, as i feel that they r a neglected lot -affly sathya

Shanvy · Feb 2, 2008

satya,

It is a thought provoking one. How many of us stop chasing rainbows....and cherish what is in front of us today this moment...

Childhood a wonderful phase in everybody's life. Are we stealing it.

Sriniketan · Feb 8, 2008

Hi Sathya,
very beautifully written.
Isn;t it our habit of thinking of the future, we waste the day before us?

sriniketan

sunkan · Feb 8, 2008

they have already driven them to maturity beyond their age and are also suffering being sent to the aged home as a prize for what they have given only money no attention..very well written about the day to day problem, but this is a irreversable change that we need to face..sunkan