Sound Sleep Poem by Sachidananda Panda

Unruly children are parental headaches,
The job is bit simple if a child
It can be convinced or beaten by brow
If required, and as per wish

At latter stage the task is difficult
To tame an unruly son; if an adult
It can be no better than this
To get him married at the earliest
Prior to going astray;
or sinks in all the mess

If the daughter in law you get is good
By chance or by choice, as it happens
your son's life will be Happy, as dreamt
And If not by misfortune at least
He can aptly contribute to rich philosophy;
To write better prose or poetry

Either way! Parents shall have
A sound sleep..

©Sachi,24th Sept-2019