Submission of poem by Bharati Nayak

[Bharati Nayak]

Dear Fabrizio and All poets ,

Here is my poem ,"Shifting Paradigms ' for the new project.The poem is unpublished.

Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year .

Thanks and regards.

Sincerely

Bharati Nayak

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Shifting Paradigms


Gone, gone are the days,
When joy was in abundance,
In a carefree mind,
It was much fun,
When we played
On sand pits,
Building sand castles
And running after butterflies.

A  balloon or a naked lozenge
Without any decorative dress
Was enough for us
to dance in joy.

Sea shells, pebbles and
broken glasses were our valuable toys,
Grasses were our trees,
Insects were our cows,
Our tiny world was our big world,
It was really a happy happy world.

Now gone are the butterflies,
Gone are the twittering birds,
Today's children have no time
To dance on sands.

Viewing the world through computer sites,
They won't play with the red velvet mites,
They won't know the smell of a rose
Or the thrill of butterfly sitting gently on their nose.

With heavy school bags
And the weight of their parent's ambitions
Weighing on their backs
They grow up too fast.