It seldom happens that you get to hear something so deep from someone so young. Here is a poem by my younger sister Vani. Its amazing how a ten year old can articulate her emotions and craft them into a poem. (Reprinted with permission)
A poem for sm1........
Far away, some miles away
Across a valley, a narrow way
In deep oceans
There is a question
In a small cottage
Lived a girl
Who was so good
So she got a pearl
The pearl was so shiny and so bright
For it, she could close her hands very tight
She loved the pearl more than her life
So god gave her a wish and made the pearl alive
They played all the day
With lots of gay
But as the girl grew
She stayed with her few(time)
As the time passed
It was all very fast
She left the pearl alone
And attended her phones
She was so busy
That it wasn't easy
She scolded pearl a lot
The god saw this
And took back her wish
She was so sad
For she found pearl dead
She was sorry for her behavior
As the punishment was so severe
But now they were like cup; plate, needle; thread
She loved her again and it was the story's end
If you got my message
What I wanted to convey
Else search for it
I would always wait
