Crawling To Stand Up(For Parents) Poem by malini kadir

On all fours
Eyes darting in wonder
Hearing skills improve
Now listening better
Eyes wear glasses borrowed
Borrowed from loving parents
To view this world!

The on and on and on.....
To walk, to run,
To run faster.....
One could say
With focus;
'Straight to the target! '
'Almost diligent
To summits in vision'
Striding to reach.......

From vantage point......
High up there!
The view is entire!
The world spread out
Before the eyes
The picture is different
The idealistic view
Of world is once and for all
'SHATTERED! '

The broken heart'
Always applauded till then.....
Then picks the pieces
A very different picture
To emerge! ! ! !
Stands up he
Growing up in seconds!
Disillusioned will he be?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~malinikadir

(THIS a test that every parent must face.......
For values are dubious......oft impractical....if impossible to follow....
duality of this world the sooner presented to the child the better for him)