Alive to Start

Aabid Shivji
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Sit back, relax, there’s a new one coming here

Innocence and a novel sight that has yet to feel fear

Not yet put in situations where they have to feel weird

Understanding of the real world is still sheer

A lump of clay that can be molded into a perfect sphere

Or something else

Most likely something else

Unclear still whether they will add to a shelf

Somewhere

Are people even going to care?

The little one may just end up an adult in despair

Is somebody destined to weep

Or is what’s before their eternal sleep

Going to have the same impact as some random sheep?

Seems a peculiar question to ask of someone just born

Quite early to wonder whether or not they’ll see scorn

Still can’t even say there are clothes that their bodies have worn

The parent or parents still wonder how they’ll adorn

This little one

Not even concerned if their life will be fun

Knowing full well that one day they’ll have to be done.

    Aabid Shivji

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