Social Evils.......Child Labour Poem by ritty patnaik

labour of innocense
sweat and tears,
in unknown home,
a hotel boy, a farm hand,
or child labourer,
he curses his own life
for being born
poor and helpless.

he sees affluent children
pass him by, going to school.
playing in the amusement park
his heart bleeds!
unknown fear cluthes his heart,
thoughts of fending
his own family at the
onset of youth
for a morcel of food,
for empty stomachs of siblings.

heart churns to see
this plight of burden
of child labour.
here there and everythere,
little grown ups, worldly wise
with tear stained faces
tell the same story of
their sad plight.


child exploitation
starts in poverty,
and from own homes,
where parents,
make their older children
responsible, promoting him,
as a earning member
of the family

child labour, sometimes seen,
yet made unseen
by society,
plunge in deep dark abyss
of selfishness
exploiting innocense
of the unprevileged lot.

the hapless children
victim of circumstances, ,
victim ofpoverty,
also victim of
degraded society.

a change of heart,
a feeling of compassion,
a little love,
a genuine concern,
will perhaps go
a long way in building,
a better tommorrow.