Authored by Saurabh Ganguly:
I was a child, when I first cried for food;
crawled to dustbins, the best I could.
I was beaten as I desired to be in school;
for society, I remain an uneducated fool.
I collected polythene bags from garbage,
with a smile in face, with many folks at my age.
I don’t know whom to say, whom to blame,
when I sold toys, when my age was to play with them.
From garage to tea stall in your neighbour,
See how we child change with labour.
Ever thirsty lips can just taste the sweat,
I am the poor child and that’s my fate.
Why this uncouth life has chosen me,
I beg for love, I beg for food but I am still hungry.
No one likes me nobody comes near;
I am the God’s neglected child with eyes full of tear.
I will soon be social evil as a grown up child,
negligence and hunger has made me wild.
Life without fun and nursery rhyme,
Soon, I will grow with the taste of Crime.
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rahul
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... this is so true. no criminal is born from the womb of a mother, we the people who make a society is solely responsible for the birth of a criminal.as they say hate crime not the criminals. brother we are proud that you gave words to the thought. cheers |
Kul Bhushan Garg
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... Very touching poem > A child deserves all love ,care,education etc .to make him a good citizen but hunger,poverty,illiteracy etc, turn him into a criminal .Who is responsible for such a sorry state of affairs . Congrats for a very fine poem. |
kul Bhushan Garg
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... very touching poem .A child deserves all care ,love ,attention from its parents but many people in our country are not in a position to do so due to poverty. Thank u for highlighting a very vital issue . |
Saurabh Ganguly
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SaGa Thank you all, This is not just a poem, something what I felt, I saw for many a years is penned down in order to express my feelings. Children holds the future of a country, but what we offer them is miserable. I can write in fact most of us can write and talk about their welfare.. Alas !! they are no good. We need to join hands and put in our individual efforts to ensure that at least one child holds a future with our small efforts. I do it for one (secretly), you know what this makes me feel good that at least there is one place where I contribute without any person return, worth being a human being, worth being an educated citizen of India. |
Very true 
