Life in a nutshell

When I was little, I was a star

My mum’s pride and my dad’s pet

I had no care, and neither a worry

My mum and dad gave me the rice and curry.

In my teens, I had loads of friends,

We played running around, and chor police

I kept my grades, and teachers were happy

All I concerned was my acne.              

When I completed high school,

Everyone said take science,

Study this, and study that

Such confusion, and family spat

When I started work, I thought about the money

And my career, and my growth

And promotion and onsite

And I wondered when and I worried how

But it only got worse every then and now.

When I married, I thought life would be better

I now have someone to share my matter

But looks like both are in a race and the worries only double

How I wish I was a child without any trouble.

I thought I could get old, and frail

And then my life would be, without any fail

Oh! The aches and the pains, and oh, I forget

Where I put my teeth and my cane.

Troubles and worries are a part of life, they say

The degree of it changes over night and day

A new life comes and an old one goes

What doesn’t change is the worries it sows