OUR CHILDREN
Dr. R. Janardana Rao
Children O’ these lovely children
they rush clean to their
convvents
Their satchels full of light
For a future leading step by
step
They go in clusters as birds
Below their shorts and skirts
gleam
Fresh flesh of future lives
All these are my grand
children
Their sight revives my old
nerves
This second childhood I enjoy
As they run my nation runs
In them the progeny prolongs
Eyes to admire, ears for their
chatter
Our love for them all in
abundance.
Go, grow and learn my children!
You’ve the treasure trove with
you
Of future of this land, expand
We cherish this beyond caste
or clime
Religion, status, or any
divide
You, our children, grow and
grow.