Gargi Saha Poet Free verse

Childhood Instinct

A tiny tot
Playing alone
In the park
Amongst other kids

Suddenly dragged someone's yellow car
To drive on
They snatched it away from her
In her swaddling clothes she woolly babbled

As if wanted to drive her microcosm's destiny
Gradually she headed
And threw a forlorn footwear at them
Who's justified?

She or they who didn't even let her share
Their tempting ,toy
She didn't like to be the butt of the joke
And so paid them back in the same coin

Blissfully ignorant children are
Yet guided by the divine instinct
That demarcates the right and the wrong
The good and the bad

The pious and the vile
The reward and the punishment
The friend and the foe
The hostility and the cordiality.

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Syed Amaan Ahmad October 3, 2008 at 4:47 AM well, I can say that you have a very way of expressing things. Today, children are being abused in many ways and your poem reflects your positive views and feeling for them. Keep writing cuz you have the power of expressing thru words!

September 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM Much to think about here. It's sad that so many children are abused and misused in what is supposed to be a civilized world. Interesting perspective in your poem. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and for taking time to comment on mine. Best wishes. Karen