Lockdown

1. Girls / ladies view

“ What is this life if, full of care ” *
We have :no time for any thing for which we care

No time for a little walk in nearby park

and hear kuhoo kuhoo of koel or lark .
No time to see flowers bloom as it dawns
and butterflies fluttering on flowers at sun rise.

No time to say hallo or hai to friendly guys

as they pass us when we are busy otherwise
No time for a little nap during days daily chores
or to relax with a little chat with friends or ‘bros’

What is this life ! if ,we have to wait all the time

for a ‘bai’ to come and ring the bell some time.
What a life !if, we have no time to do what we want
and have to do what we are not used to or do not want.
2 Boys / Men’s view :
What is this life if we have all the time here
but no way to use it the way we care

We have time to play as much as we want

but no one with whom to play when we want
we have time to play ludo caram or cards indoor all
but no way to enjoy football hockey or cricket at all

we have all the time to peep from windows & peer

at shutters of shops and empty lanes every where
we have all the time to gaze quietly at the stars
as they shine at night here there and every where.

we have lot of time to tease a beauty with bright eyes

but alas now a days no beauty passes by
We used to crave for little time to have some fun
and now we have all the time but alas no fun .
 What a life if we have to pass time somehow here
without doing something worthwhile some where
A poor life if , we can not do whatever we desire
and pass time with a sense of apprehension every where.

Santosh ‘ Ratan ’

*First line of a famous poem ‘ Leisure ‘ by W.H. Davies .