Why Did I Grow Up? Poem by Michelle Kazi

Why Did I Grow Up?



Why did I grow up?
that I'm trying to know
Days pass, I get bigger
plus I used to play with toys not a while ago
I get taller, I get smarter
there's increase in my blood flow
But then I mess things up
and get a heavy blow

When I was just a kid
there was not much to want
Watched movies all night
as I thought ghosts would come to haunt
At school we played and rejoiced
while some mocked us and did taunts
But now I'm a lot older
there are many things that I want…

There are so many problems in this place
people have really gone mad
The situation gets worse every day
there's nothing for which we'd be glad
The country gets wild and chaotic
a genie, I wish I had
More fuels are burnt, more pollution as a result
a large amount to global warming we add

The more we're honest
the more this world is unfair
Lying, cheating, stealing
these things are everywhere
Some are bad, others are worse
but non seem to care
I've grown too old
these things I cannot bare

If I'd been a child still
I would have been happy forever
The good, the bad, I wouldn't have ever known
But I was meant to grow clever
We live, we grow and eventually die
It's time that pulls our life's lever
Why DID I grow up?
The answer will be known: Never…

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Umul Baneen Brohi 03 May 2012

Your poem makes me feel like going back in time...when I was an insomniac kiddo rather than an outbursting teenager! Great write!

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Michelle Kazi

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Khanewal, Pakistan
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