This is a poem I wrote because I truly feel strongly for the plight of orphans. They are deprived of parental love and affection and subsequently of many opportunities but, they are still very much in the running in today's mad rat race! I find them to be our true heroes from whom we stand to learn a lot, especially the lesson that, "Where there's a will, there's always a way!"
The Orphanage
The baby weeps and weeps, longing to be in its mother's loving arms
Until the matron picks it up and wipes its tears with her dutiful palms
The young Boy stares out of the window, hoping against all perceptible hope
That his life of loneliness and sorrow is just a bad dream or joke
The teenager toils all day and in her respiteful evening hours
Ponders with tearful eyes as to why fate's been so harsh
The orphanage fulfils all their needs and gives them shelter and warmth
But it lacks the familial milieu and is but a raw substitute for home
It lacks the presence of mom to wipe away their tears
To give silent support and to warrant off their fears
It boasts of no dad to give them sound advice
To scold them when they're wrong and to pat them when they're right
Its inmates have a hard life, unlike yours and mine
They study, cook and work and are busy from nine to nine
They only derive comfort from the fact that they're not alone
They live as brothers and sisters, taking pride in calling them their own
They learn to wear permanently, the disguise of happiness on their face
By smiling while their heart pines for true solace
They smile all day only to weep into their pillows at night
But they steel themselves enough to face each challenge with might
They are the unsung heroes who live each day
With renewed hope and fervour in their war against fate
They are the phoenixes, who rise from destiny's ashen chars
To refuse to succumb to fate and to rise to reach the stars!!!!
So that's about the orphans - our real-life heroes! There's just one thing that I'd like to mention here, which is that we should always remember that the last thing these people want is pity. They need out support and love, not out sympathy and pity. Let's learn to treat them just like one amongst us because that is truly the status they deserve!!!!
Otherwise, life goes on......the same old humdrum of eating, sleeping and studying.......gosh, my exams are just 15 days away......please, Please, PLEASE let them go well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday was my grandparents' wedding anniversary and we had all my relatives from Mumbai over.....I've had a blast with my uncles/aunts and little "chintia-pintia" cousins!!!!!! It's been a great weekend.....looking forward to rocking week.........have fun pals!!!!
More later....Tally-ho!
4 comments:
God God ok ok back to my natural style . . The Devil DEvil Devil. . I am going to find it hard to compete with you posting one poem or article a day but its fun really .. I mean i am really really jobless and i guess this will help me hone my skills even more . . On the orphanages/orphans Slo well you are right they are definitely unsung heroes . . We do neglect them a lot . . One reason i dont really give any monetory help when they come begging is simple whatever money you give you would definitely go to her/his father and then he spills it out on the booze . . So i prefer giving them some chocolates or something else to eat. .I dont want to sound as a goodie goodie guy i am not . .Ofcourse i do all this only when I am in an extremely good mood hahaha . . Else i am like any ____ ___ who would just try to walk away . .
Hey sloku
u relle inspire ppl.{atleast me}
this poem actually shows how much u care for ppl bsides u.n i will alwayz luv u 4 dat.
no one and i mean no one can write such a heart wrenching and touching poem as u hav done. its wonderful to read such a gud poem on ur blog.
Missing u loadz
luv u lots
hmmm interesting only poets can understand huh . . Interesting :-) but ya pretty well said . . People always had one major complaint about my articles that i am a bit too abstract and vague at times . . But as you rightly put its all about understanding the inner meaning. . Well that was the EXPLICIT reason for that INTRO ( Dont ask me why i . . . .) I guess you on the full course on your preparations . . Keep studying . . For time pass you always have blogspot.com hahaha
hmmm thanks dear .. . Hey actually if i do end up somewhere and make a company for myself . . A CA would be of gr8t gr8t help . .And moreover you will be the firts person among ppl i know who will be a CA ..
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