MOM'S WOES

MOM'S WOES

Mom often cries and whines:
How different your life from mine!

I loved to hop, skip and jump,
But you- idling on the sofa, always in a slump

I pedaled away sweating all the way to school,
You think getting dropped in AC comfort, is rather cool

How I enjoyed, homemade potatoes & peas
But you like only fatty pizzas topped with cheese

So tasty, so delicious, was coconut water, sugarcane & limejuice,
Pepsi, Cola, Miranda, Limca, is what you choose

Hobbies like painting, stitching, embroidery were my delight,
Sony, Star plus, Zee TV enough to ruin your eye sight

Carrom, Ludo, Chess were my attractions,
Videogames, Internet causes so many distractions

Lost I was in my world of books,
Nothing interests you, more than models and their looks

A single dress for trip, tour, party or fair,
Wardrobes overflowing, can’t you decide what to wear?

My Mom, never found it so tough, to bring me up,
can you say the same, when you too are a grown up?

~Nirmala~

Kavitanjali