The Childhood- FINISHED?

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The Childhood- FINISHED?


does the bell still ring for childhood, the long lost childhood?

where's the little innocent child inside us?

did it die out of suffocation?

or did you strangle it with a scarf?

or did you starve it to death?

it used to be such an innocent being.

it knew how to trust people.

how to love, how to sort things out.

it wasn't a mess like now!

it only knew about the flavours of toffees,

and not about unexpected flavours of betrayals.

failure! what was it then?

just a few falls while trying to walk?

or the frustration of not being able to speak?

or not being able to climb the tree like your sibling?

and, what's failure now?

stress, anxiety, depression, complexes and what not!

childhood trauma didn't just waste the childhood,

it kept on ruining the entire teenage as well as adulthood...

but as far as i remember,

you had put your childhood behind the golden bars!

it used to lead such luxuries!

then, how did it die?

or, is it still there, inside the golden valves of your heart?

or, are you afraid of the world,

that it may slaughter it like animals?


@_arushmita_




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