Sunday 31 March 2013



  


To All Parents


When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I saw you feed a stray cat,
and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I felt you kiss me goodnight,
and I felt loved.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt,
but it's all right to cry.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking,
I saw that you cared and I wanted to be
everything that I could be.

"We don't need your schooling,
We just want to have fun and go around fooling.
We're the leaders of your nation,
Everything you hear about in the future WE will have done.
We're going to make sure the world survives,
WE won't use scams or bribes.
There's no justice there's just us,
We sometimes complain and even fuss.
What happened to the meaning of in God we trust?
He created us, love him we must.
So when we get older and our children grow up,
As they start to mature, start to look up.
We're gong to teach them what you all showed us,
Like to be kind and not to cuss."

(A Poem By Sanyam Gupta)