On Childhood.

Little fingers and shorter size; still, life instills in them with fullest of delight. Innocent we call them, affectionately they kiss us. Dreams they see, their actions we watch. In the shorter span of life that the tiny-tots have led, they have been successful to teach us; what loving is, or they make us remember how once we had been like.

They flaunt in no cars, but bicycles that tempt their imagining. The sky appears to them like a magical treasure; that keeps them enthralled in dreams. How could the sky be "light blue in colour?", asks one girl to herself. Some children are naughty, that they enjoy fighting but many are introvert too; in their own land, unknown to anyone but them.

The love that they unconditionally usher unto their close ones, casts unto the loved one's eye, a garland of love. Children don't seek treasures in the gold coins and the kingdoms, they rather make their own kingdoms in their imaginations.

The little hands develop further more. Their understanding develops as they grow, but deep inside is an ocean of love; of closeness that shields them with their thoughts. The honest, the thoughts are; the rich a person is.

A special note about them is that they walk hand in hand with their friends and are so closely attached to their friends that, whatever be the problem; the togetherness won't ever break in the adversities of life. Who says, that troubles and struggles appear only once, when you are a grown up man. While, the adolescence and teens, the struggles to depict the world confronts in the minds of children. They are wishful to involve their understandings on the variant pacts of life; be it agony, be it grief or merriment. All these emotions constitute a greater impact in their lives.

These gentle steps can also lead to the incorrect ways, while answering their confusions, as these exist in enormity to the children. So, there is a greater need to give them time to reflect, whatever they feel. The brighter eyes, should be free to see the world as it is, devoid of any incorrect facts. For, they are to live up, grow in it. They have to find the solutions to righteous living that can make our surroundings a better place to live in. A closer watch on their actions by a guardian is also important to take them to the right track. Moreover, the moral values should be inculcated in their hearts and minds; in order to give them a sense of who they are and to where do they actually belong, that is, "to humanity".

An ode to childhood.

"Hold my hand dear sister, For I watchest in thee; My caretaker. Roads are quiet, We pass them in glee; Praising the rainbowy aperture; Whilst we singest a duet, A melody.

Along the fresh water lands, The sky that is pink; I offer thee sparkles, Now the world thou ink; We hold the powers, With rain drops we drink.

Above the mountains, The forests and the trees; We walkest, thee embrace me, Whilst we stretch our walk, to the plains; And then light the sky pinkish."