We don’t need no education…



I know you all hate sermons,
at your age I did too.
I know it’s not easy when everyone
chants aloud, at equal intervals:
That and this, you mustn't do!

You wonder what the hue and cry is
about, ‘cause all you want is to get a
bite, of the forbidden fruit!

No, it’s not what you think,
it’s simple and true,
I know all you want to do,
is break some rules…

Well go ahead and do it,
but spare a minute to think,
is this what I really want to do,
something, that lasts but a blink?

I thought the latest scourge was
AIDS or worse still H1N1,
but, not perhaps for me and you…
I guess you are way behind,
as the newest thing, plaguing one &
all, is the relationship flu!!
It begins young, maybe at nine today,
dies out as soon too,
so by the time you are twenty,
there’s nothing left to do…

Well this is nothing new; long ago it
was called by another name,
but was untainted, innocent.
All wanted to be afflicted by it,
back then, it was called
friendship true!

So how about giving a thought
to things that last forever
like laughing with abandon
in the rain, counting the leaves on a
tree, fighting over inanities?

Maybe, everything will happen
in all good time too,
there’s no tearing hurry
reserve the adrenalin rush
for some magical adventure
in the long life ahead of you.

‘Cause often in a brush (rush) of emotion,
you could hurt yourself &
others; landing one in a quandary,
or reach a land of no return.

So enjoy your childhood &
teenage whilst it lasts,
it ain’t gonna last forever,
everyone will tell you…
It can ! I tell you, if you go
by the rule!!

© Suverchala Kashyap  
(5 Jan 2010…a day before the seniors left for ‘the trip’…tabdak, tabdak one)  

 P.S.: This was written in about 15 minutes flat in an endeavour to convey to kids in a different way that how they were trustworthy and just a note of caution wouldn't do much harm to them, if they knew!!!  

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