Pale-scale, almost lifeless
Resembling the ones
Placed on coffin
For bidding
Farewell!
No passer by
Can ignore their sigh
So did I give my best strive
To ease their belly for a while
Pulled my collar and counted it a pride!
Whoops! Few steps ahead
Shattered my brains
To face glut hands
All around, I
Stepped!
Remote village to hi-tech city
The scene repeats allover
Earlier helplessness
But today it’s a
Huge mafia!
Come on!
End this flight
Let the world fight
For Children’s right
To curb the evil straight
Every child is entitled proper care, education, nutritious food to grown well and to become a responsible citizen. Decades ago things were different when children were a neglected lot. Now things are improved. A relevant poem and likes it.
Interesting poem about children in your experience. Different to Australia but your poem is structured to imagery of a hard life. Any way a good poem.
To stand up against the terrible poverty that children have to face and the sinister forces that use innocent children for their own evil advantage is a scandalous situation that has been overlooked for too long! Powerful, hard-hitting and great write! !
This is one side of the picture. The great poetess Pervin Shakir shows the other side. She says, jugnu ko din ke waqt parakhne ki zid karen. Bachche hamare ehad ke chalak ho gae, i.e. Today's children are so clever that they insist to analyse the fire fly at day time. Thanks
Very true that the other side of the picture is splendid that they are doing marvelous job. On encountering a weird situation as portrayed in the poem I couldn't resist my self to raise voice for those vulnerable children. Thank you for the educative comments dear poet pal!
Good poem. Robert Malthus said, food will grow in arithmetic progression and children population in geometric progression.The planet earth by its fecundity and God by HIs ingenuous magnanimity can handle that but selfishness, greed and cruelty of mischievous will pose problem,
I agree with your lines sir. It is the selfishness and greed of human that is the major cause behind present crisis.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Wow, Deep, and Intense Poem. I could sense your emotion from within it, Thanks for sharing Queeny +10
Thank you for your valuable comments dear poet!