You Didn'T Tell All, Mother

You didn’t tell all, mother! In front of profusely smoking lamp, Fighting with stubborn darkness, In dim light While brushing up alphabet lessons You told me That this would imbue Brightness in my life someday, But darkness is still unfurling Like a flag of its victory In this nuclear age; Rupturing silence of dark night When I used to get Scared of wolf’s hooting You always recounted, ‘Taking shelter of darkness, Out of fear of human being They would never venture To come out in light’ Wolves are roaming In city malls these days Allays of town are replete With their modern fashions And men are confined to Shrinking space of their home; Education would entail A social, economic and cultural change Though, you hide truth A better change, Money would ensure All the communications Whereas everything else would Be rendered mute!