Today, November 14th, as India celebrates Children's Day in remembrance of the late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, I felt it to be important that we remember the children in a special way. Children have always played a special role in all our lives, in the form of our own kids, relatives and so on... The world would have been too mechanical if not for the laughter, craziness and naughtiness of children.
Children form the backbone of our nation and we know how the children have suffered over the past few months confined to the four walls with very little contact with their dear friends.
We also see that as we grew we forgot the child in us. We too were innocent and fun loving but with time we have suppressed the child so much that now it is almost on the verge of extinction!!!
Today let us revive ourselves with the kids around us, enkindle the child in us and uplift the childhood of all kids around at the same time.
So here's my poem that I wish to you all, for the child in you, for all the bright naughty happy ones in the homes eating their parents heads, aand all the forgotten orphans who have a difficult childhood, all children who are mistreated that they may find hope and belief in humanity.
As a child, my thoughts were too simple
Although naughty, was always humble
No fights existed that a food couldn't solve!!
No revenge that had hate to revolve!!
Cuts and bruises were the greatest worries!!!
We just didn't know they were great memories!!!
Our own cooked up stories were our pride
To keep us happy just let us on a ride
Our friends and friendship was our world
No friend was ever allowed to break his word
My parents never bothered about our fight
They knew it would be silly and always light!!
Walking hand in hand we are ready!!
Naughtiness with us walked always steady
Getting beaten up let us bond better
There was nothing for the next day that's bitter
We were the butterflies that flew with them
Nothing safer than holding mom's saree hem!!
Our adventures go on and on forever
Although we may go there never
Our imaginations run far and wild
Our dreams woven with them side by side
Impossible was never in our dictionary
We are on cloud nine even for new stationery!!
Today let's recall our sweet memories and naughty pranks we played as a child and comment your sweetest memory that is still engraved deeply in you!!
Happy Children's Day!!!!!!
