CHAINS OF THE SOCIETY

I had hoped to live in a palace but labor was a pillar

The Society was a barrier that I was unable to

cross

Hence, here I am, a child laborer

So, come and hear the thoughts that I have

about my being

 

Society is such a tyrant place,

I wonder why I was bought there

My requests were never heeded to,

I was taught to be careful

For I was never to be caught

My life had become boring and dull,

Each day receding like a converging mull

 

My life was a plight, a miserable sight

I was overwhelmed by this forbidden sight,

For I was bounded to the chain of rules

That was, in fact, our society to begin by

I had lost my aplomb, I had become a bolshie

lamb,

Bleating noises escaped from me,

Wanting to be freed from this plight

 

Wanting and Having are two separate

elements

Both of them mulish in their own ways

The norms of the society are a great fearful

thing,

Cause they made me look like a deviant beast

Deviant as I was,

Everybody showed me empathy

For my life was like the Great Apocalypse,

Completely drowned in misery

 

I was arduous,

Intriguingness had long before left me,

I was mortified for a company,

My ambitions were buried within me

 

But one day a miracle

zoomed right in

A lady saw my plight

And decided to take me in

 

I had new clothes 

And food to eat

But most importantly,

I had the education to give me wings

It wasn't easy to settle in

But as time went on,

I discovered that your Will can never be

dampened

That your ambitions can never be tamed 

Elphis, the spirit of hope, is the one who taught

me this.

It helped me to live life as a whole,

And for eternity speaking about giving up,

Would be blasphemy to me.

 

 WRITTEN BY

 NIDHI KAMALAPURKAR

 

About the poem and the author:

 According to the Oxford Dictionary the meaning of life is summed up as :

The condition of being able to function and grow.

But is this the true meaning? From my perspective, Life is growth. Mental, physical, emotional, and intellectual growth. But even today in the 21st Century many individuals do not have access to basic amenities and human rights. The poem ' Chains of the society' summarizes and tries to capture the emotions that a child laborer, who has been stripped of all the basic rights and amenities, feels.

The author, Nidhi Kamalapurkar, is a visionary and an ambitious person who strives to be a world-changer in the best way possible.