A Child's Plight Poem by Renu Kakkar

A Child's Plight

Rating: 3.0


No one cares for my flowing tears,
My young age and my fears.
A horrible pain is within my soul,
I sleep slowly as a curled up ball.

The sounds of falling I can still hear,
I try to forget by closing my ears.
Screams of my mother are very loud,
in fear I start to hear my heart pound.

I wish I could escape the constant fighting,
Mother's shouts and father's striking.
A girl of 6 what can I do,
My father a drunkard I hate him true.

My mother gets bruises all over her body,
My father hits out with whatever is handy.
If I come in between even I get blows,
and get covered in all sorts of sores.

My father shows no regret for his action,
Mother will forgive him like a good lady Indian.
Mother is a good woman and so am I,
Against women his attitude is a crime.

My childhood is being lost indeed,
An abusive Daddy and a mother suppressed.
Why can't she get up and leave him?
Does she not think my future is maimed?

An insecure childhood and an insecure future,
What do I look forward to in a future stranger.
My insecurities of now will increase later,
At this age I can only sit down in fear and ponder.

A carefree and happy life is all that I ask,
A secure future for me God do cast.
A child being brought up to accept abuse,
Indeed a thought forever depressive.

A child is innocent and molds any old how,
it's childhood should be happy as of now.
If you as parents are abusive and indifferent to it,
Then as father and mother you have crippled it.

Take note abusive fathers and abused mothers,
the fault lies squarely on your shoulders.
For the sake of you smiling innocent children,
don't destroy their future generation.

renukakkar 2.9.2011
Copyright@2011

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 27 March 2022

A child is innocent and molds any old how, it's childhood should be happy as of now....I respect and admire this sensitive bit of expression. An excellent poem. Top score!

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Renu Kakkar 27 April 2012

Yes that is very much true across the globe

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Walterrean Salley 07 March 2012

An extremely sad situation, but true. It robs the child of a good, stable foundation. This is such a significant message for society, as spousal abuse is an ongoing problem everywhere.

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Renu Kakkar 26 September 2011

this is for those who beat up their wives and kids..such attitude leaves scars in a persons memory, not easily healed and impairing a child emotionally.

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Allemagne Roßmann 11 September 2011

No body listens...a childs plight then becomes the venom he or she carries for the society and then society complains..India has still not enough human rights and i do not know about child rights where there are continued child labour still- a matter of reasearch which has become for the less populated therefore blessed developed countries to undermine India through its weaker areas like what mother teresa did and got a nobel prize to promote christianity.No children from her home i believe has ever gone to rich christ countries to study.That was not the mission she was sent for...India must work hard in this area also for the answer

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