Childhood ends

CHILDHOOD ENDS





Parents, teachers, peers, and councilors,

What do you preach the child?

Let her think and grow herself,

Don’t pressurize the child.



The child has got lot to say,

As it grows each day,

Let me tell a tragic story

That goes this way.



She was a daughter of an affluent father,

With lot of wits and charm,

Parents busy with clubs and career,

that is the daily norm



She found, music dance and drama

Very fascinating,

Physics, chemistry math and bio

Not really interesting



She dreamt of a far of land

Where all the dancers meet,

Danced around and tapped her feet,

To the music beat





Father’s advice and mother’s compulsion

Made her study hard

Crammed the books, worked the sums

Scored high in her card



Time and again, Her mind would stop

At the dancing hall,

Fantasizing herself, she would feel

Gracing in the ball



Father pestered, mother forced her

To join the medical field

Heart of heart she drowned herself

In the dancing guild



Preoccupied parents with career and relations

With whom to share the dreams?

Her passion fire of dancing desire

Where to look for keys



She turned quiet and withdrawn

Having sleepless nights,

The pressure to perform and outshine,

Only dropped her grades



Insult, defame, snub and abuse

Only tortured her,

Not knowing How to regain,

Poison ended her,