10.06.2016

Love is Love...


Love is Love...

Dasara vacation brings up all of my old memories;
The end of exams and the arrival of October.
I would wait agitatedly for some kin or the other
To take me to my abode of peace,
The company of innocent people and unspoilt silence.

Life changes its course quite often, which is quite common.
Even my daughter has her days of vacation.
At her young age she is made for the days now.
Her options remain varied and addictive;
Modern smart devices are her obsession.

On a recent visit to her grandmother’s town
She found a whale of time to unleash all her pranks.
The animated games on the screen would absorb her so much
That she hardly bothered to listen, talk or taste the native food
That her grandmother served with lots of love.

This really put me off, watching closely all this while.
All of a sudden she banged her pencil on the table out of frustration.
It was in a lightning speed that I stood up
And landed a heavy blow on her back.
She literally shuddered and shrunk into her mother’s lap.

What did I do? She was sobbing!
Her mother felt the deep pain, showed me the marks.
I felt pained, for I had never treated my daughter this worse!
I held my sweet kid, her eyes reddened and tearful.
Tried to comfort her tender soul, she was weeping.

A moment of rage causes such a destruction!
Love is love when you love all aspects of a child.
Possession is merely a state of mind and it is mundane.
Young minds blossom when they receive in full measure
Wisdom guided by everyday labour and experience.

                                    *****

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