Blurred

A blurred vision

awaits you,

O little boys of today.

Where tiny carefree feet

may not dance candidly

on sunny golden beaches…

Where blue sea waves,

burst playfully no more

and winds too scared to fly free

beyond uncertain skies.

Where bright red colour

fills neither flowers, nor rainbows,

but scars torn split lands…

Inside fragile homes

when your innocent hands

play with pretend guns and swords,

little do they know of the ‘big toys’

in the real world outside…

: : In the wake of the current situation of the world, as a parent, I often wonder about our childrens' future in these unsafe, uncertain times . We can only hope that they find little bits of beauty in their world, enough to safeguard their innocence...