Age insists, on calling me a grown-up, an adult,
Age warns me, that I am experienced and need to adjust,
But deep within, I want to be a child again,
I want another chance to experience childhood and learn again.
Motherly duties, familial requirements, expect me to conduct myself,
The little ‘me’ within, calls on to me, to be my tiny self,
How I miss my days of carefree childhood,
The present day, places demands, in my many phases of adulthood.
How I played many games as doctors, teachers, vegetable vendors and parents,
Little did I understand, what was it’s true essence,
Today, as I work and run numerous errands,
The little child in me,places a demand to recognize it’s presence.
As a little kid, I wanted to grow up and be mama,
As a grown up, I want to be a kid, so unfolds the cyclic drama,
I play the game of life, I ‘hide’, I ‘seek’,
Wherever, whatever,and who ever I am,
I am what I speak and am truly unique !!
-Deepika
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Beautifully penned! I enjoyed reading especially this line: “The little child in me,places a demand to recognize it’s presence.”
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I guess, everyone at some point or the other miss their childhood and would be able to relate to this. Thanks a lot Megala 🙏
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Ma’am,
Superb. Cheers to the child in you! 🙂
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Thanks a lot aishwarya 🙏
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You are welcome, Ma’am. 🙂
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This is soo good!!! I could relate to each and every line. Love it!!
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I guess, most of us from our generation will be able to relate to it.
Thanks a lot Pallavi 😇
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People keep reminding us to grow up, I did but my grandchildren acquainted me with the child within me. We laugh loudly and play all those crazy games. Keep that child alive Deepika to relive your childhood.
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Wow, that’s so nice to hear. Else these days the grand parents or grand children are glued to gadgets.
Wishing you many more laughing moments with your grand children.
Thanks a lot balroop 🙏
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Such truth – there indeed is a child within us, looking to play and feel the joy of being and how we pretended being so many ways as kids 😅 I loved the concluding lines!
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Yes, sometimes getting caught up with the day to day activities becomes overwhelming, and that’s when I actually realized and missed the carefree days of childhood. It was one such moment, when I came up with the tug of war 😀
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Excellent words so well written, Deepika and such nostalgic days we had as children. No kind of responsibility. A lovely post.
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Yes, I really miss those childhood days.
Thanks a lot for your kind words, kamal 🙏
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I completely agree with you, Deepika. Welcome 😊😊 😊
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Deepika, I wrote this after being inspired by your posts. http://curatingthoughts.blog/2019/10/24/diwali-as-etched-in-my-memory/
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This is just so wonderful, pallavi. Could relive every moment mentioned in your post.life was simple back then and where we could connect with people so easily 😊
Thanks for taking me back into the memory lane.💕💕
Btw, I had written one more, on these lines, sometime back..You might like..
https://deepikamanohar.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/bygone-era/..
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Thanks Deepika!!! ❤️
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I like this one!
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Thank you Manoj 😇
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I am more into prose but I did try writing some poetry. Please do give it a look.
https://lastcycle.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/why-writers-write/
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Nice, good attempt 👍
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Thank you!!! 😊😊😊
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Those nostalgic childhood days..!
Our heart always needs what we wouldn’t have.
As a kid , we feel that mom’s job is so easy, no study, no curfew time and no scoldings.
As a mom, we realize that those childhood days the were golden years of our life.
Title of your post is apt!!
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You reflect my thoughts, Deeksha.
Thank you so much 🙏
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Absolutely in sync with your thoughts Deepika. As kids we are in a hurry to grow up, and once we are grown up we yearn to be carefree little beings once again :).
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True that, Radhika.
Thank you 😇
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