One, Two, Three..........Go

After all those struggles I stand on my feet

I start on a job and then there is no retreat

My lovely toys long since got replaced by books

I dreamt of games in coaching institutes

I dared not waste my time in fun

Else bickerings from parents would have begun

I was forced to dream the dreams they dreamt

I have no time to waste but watch each moment spent

So One ...two.. three...here I go

To earn and save and never to go slow

Savings, Recurring, Shares, and Deposits

I cannot slow down, it is for this I live

I am married now , have a lovely wife

Oh I need a higher income for this new life in my life

And I tell you this race is an unceasing one

As a father of two kids more will l need to earn

Then I have to marry my daughter off

And my son needs to get a degree from abroad

So I keep running this race devoid of fun

I see my colleagues faltering one by one

So all these years I ran like a horse

I look back at my life with remorse

And teary-eyed I look at them with a sigh

My Childhood, youth, adulthood all waving me goodbye

I am sixty and now running a relay- race

And feel it's time to slow down my pace

My heart is weak and joints freeze

I wanna live my life before I sleep

I wish I could rewind and again live those years

Live to laugh and enjoy with my peers

But this race; now a relay- a ceaseless one

My grave awaits and I hand over the baton to my son