Growing Up For You

Penned By B D Narayankar

Growing up I was
Then a thought emerged
That I must stop growing
The life I am drinking,
that is muddied
Stale are the pieces 
of happiness
Shades of hope are
hacked to pieces
And hauled away on 
the head by merciless life

I vouch for peace
once I return home
But see wailing Rudaalis (TV editors)
on screen
Somewhere the dreams of 
people are being slit
Someone has molested a 
four-year-old!
Watching these pics
I barge out of my house
And ask myself:
From childhood to till date
All these have been going on
Then, how necessary is it to grow? ...

But whenever you gaze into my eyes
with love while we meet
I feel it's necessary to grow,
for you, 
to protect you
from these evils,
my love