Our Elders...

By Pragati Kandpal, X,
Convent of Jesus & Mary
When we open our eyes in this world,
Whom do we see near us?
Who touch our cheeks to make us smile?
Our parents, our elders…
Because they bring us to this world...
They hold our hands when we are small,
Prevent us from any kind of fall;
What they do is just smile,
And teach us to walk miles…
Take care of us when we’re ill,
Give us syrups and some bad looking colourful pills;
But what we thing is that these pills just LOL kill,
This seriously makes me laugh on all of us!
They feed us when we don’t want to be fed,
Ignore all our silly mistakes;
Instead give us many more retakes,
To correct and make up for all our stupid mistakes…
If we show our hot attitude,
They cool it down with theirs;
But some of them... Oh God!
Give back the vice versa.
When we grow up, a day comes…
Which is meant to be the dooms day for them,
When we get up and say "We’re going away"
But where are we heading?
To heaven or to hell?
No! just to build a career we part away…
What do we mean when we say;
"We want to stop but we can’t"
"We want to hold hands but we can’t"?
Going away,
Living pleasurably,
Is what we all demand…
Which path do we choose?
Those who did so much for us,
Are today all alone, in pain, in vain,
Waiting for us to come back one day,
And say,
"We loved you, we love you, and we will always do"
This is all what they want…
What was their mistake?
That they loved us so much?
But don’t worry people,
Because justice will be served,
And one day this will come back to all of us!!