Cage me not, in a school!

It’s truly tough to surmise,

my infancy, ends up in a surprise

I’m damn sure

In next few years

I’ll be, in a ruthless school,

A rusted cage,

with railings of rules

Kindergarten,

no garden of flowers

A forbidden park,

 of carnivorous creatures

Uncouth draconian teachers,

bruise d’ innocent budding souls

Playful pleasures ripped off,

strange impositions, no funny stuff

Surfeit of home task to perform

to memorize, even maths sums

Somatic stamina, entirely out

No energy spared, to play or shout

Mind full with, wisdom transient

No real intellect development

An ephemeral erudition!

no rousing acquiral done

Book laden back pack burden

joy of juvenile funs, forgotten

Bounty bag lifting habit formed

a practice for a porter’s job !

no breathing time, no leisure

for tiffin, no relaxed atmosphere

Personality progress, appears absurd

all round growth, nipped in d’ bud

  play not cognized,no recreation

In schools of fresh generation

Task onus, flash assessment

Aloft expectations of parents

Toil till late night,

too little rest

No sound sleep,

sweet dreams,never dreamt

No pleasing calm morning,

with anxieties,days begin

Rigorous code of uniform,

never suit, our condition

zeal depleted, gusto gone

just listen to dry lessons,

Lessons, learnt with pleasure,

retained for ever & ever

Evidently lack of concentration

recedes far, goal of education

Impute d’ blame, to none

It’s our country, our system

 high hours of incarceration,

reckoned as ideal institution

excessive stress,untold agony

mental growth marred in d’ tiny

unvoiced feel, in d’ youngster

vast volume of repressed anger

No paltry academic ambience,

education, not value based

 patriotism nil, no non-violence

to inculcate spiritual progress

No worry for code of conduct

self restraint, modesty, never taught

Play, no place, in study curriculum

Encumbrance, turned  d’ education

Tutoring, no trade venture,

mafia monopoly affair neither

Wings clipped, no freedom to fly

innovative ideas dissipate & dry

Wish to watch, environment

Birds, butterflies, flower plants

Peep at squirrels, play with nature

curiosity my teacher,

I love to explore,

Blooming marigold, budding jasmine

Color veg.,in kitchen garden

Dig d’ earth, look for earth worms,

fully amusing watering of plants

Monarch butterflies, pretty moths

Beautiful wings, so mysterious

Humming birds, emerald green

their sweet whir & whine

Long proboscis, thirst for nectar

So fascinating d’ little creature

Ignore not, answer my queries,

Help me achieve,desired height

I'll flourish my stock of words

Own lexis, as per my grasp

Till 5^th birthday, no school, no class

No tuning in, to competing world

Only face-to-face interaction,

I dislike gossip,on cellphone

If no escape in d’ offing

I’ll pull d’ socks up & get going

But School, a dirty dumping pool,

cage me not, in a school