God! ! ! ! Poem by Rituparna Choudhury

Oh god! Help me get out from this tension,
I am really getting frustration,
I am not able to take any decision,
My parents say I lack of competition!

Tomorrow is my result day,
If I don’t do well,
My parents will throw me away,
And I shall have to wander about on the streets,
Barefoot under the scorching heat!

And then I’ll go to a teashop,
To quench my thirst,
Or I’ll get a headache and my head will burst!
Oh God! why do you make me last and not first?

And towards home, I will make my way,
Seeing me,
Dad will start pulling my ear saying,
Rome wasn’t built in a day!


I have to get beatings from my mom,
And scolding from my dad,
They think me to be foolish,
They think me to be mad!

They will say I don’t study at all,
But only like to travel and make phone calls!
I am so stupid, I am so dull,
I feel like heating my head against the wall!


My friends have done so well,
That’s what my parents will tell,
What can I do God?
Should I jump into the well? ! ! ! !

My mom would look at my report card,
And will say I don’t study hard,
I should study till one in the morn,
Oh God! why was I ever born? ! ! ! !

He is so smart, she is so bright,
My mom would say with all her might!
She would slap me and pull my hair,
God! this is not at all fair!