THE LESSON

poem by: Tabinda Naiyer
Written on Jan 31, 2019

You can’t tell the truth 
It’s audibly unbearable.
You can’t lie
Not making any fake hopes lay by.
But you can be deaf, dumb and blind
Whatever occurred just learn to leave it behind.
He was born, and that’s when he entered the maze
Unknowing of the fact that the rest of his life would be a chase.
Poor little guy, playing games and having fun
Didn’t knew some years later he would be playing a real time game not having fun but in a marathon of long run.
Jumping around his parents with a little school bag
Excited to scribble patterns on his new notepad.
Numbers, decimals, percentage only elements of mathematics,
Was that he knew….
desolated from the reality
These elements would be his identity
Recognized by many and understood by few??
Time has elapsed
Everything has changed
the innocent little face ,
is now a bearded older face.
Sitting beside his baby girl
Reminiscing his past
Watching the flowers that twirl
And the time that passed so fast!
Understood the tricks and turns of life he,
Wondering about his little princess 
How would she be??
Hugged his little one
His eyes closed
Gently mumbles the words…
‘THE LESSON IS NOT FOR YOU OR ME IT’S FOR EVERYONE”

 

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