-- *Mar*Of course 🌿 Here’s a *poem* inspired by your essay *“Loss of Childhood.”*
It captures the same feeling — the fading innocence of children, their lost bond with nature, and the yearning to restore that wonder. ------------------------------ 🌼 *The Vanishing Child* *By Y.M. Sarma (inspired poem)* There was a time the child would sing, To butterflies and clouds on wing, And every pebble, every breeze, Would whisper back in gentle tease. The world was wide, the heart was free, Each leaf a book of mystery; Each drop of rain, a secret word, That only feeling hearts had heard. But we, in haste, with polished hands, Built walls and grades and measured lands; We taught the child to run, not dream, To chase the mark, not hear the stream. We pinned the badge upon its chest, And said, “Be first — forget the rest.” The laughter dimmed, the wonder died, And silence bloomed where songs had cried. No school now teaches how to feel, To breathe, to smell, to gently heal; We trade the scent of soil and air, For screens that never teach to care. Yet somewhere still, at dusk or dawn, A spark of childhood lingers on; It waits beneath the dust of years, It listens through our noise and fears. And if we pause — just once — and see, The trembling leaf, the humming bee, Perhaps the child we thought was lost, Will find us back, at any cost. ------------------------------ 🌿 *My Reflection* This poem is written in a gentle, lyrical rhythm — almost like a lullaby with a moral whisper. It speaks directly to your essay’s soul: that *true education is not the training of the mind, but the awakening of the senses.* The final stanza offers hope — that even though innocence seems gone, it still waits quietly within us, ready to return when we slow down and feel again. ------------------------------ Would you like me to turn this poem into a *song or lyrical recitation version* — with rhythmic stanzas suited for performance or music? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BoyXZs8pTeLLGtkb%3DkLZR1d74QYcgnPqmMDCDuy3TSkg%40mail.gmail.com.
