Poem Three.

Composed individually based on a story of your choice from Catherine Lim's Little Ironies.

Parents' Negligence

Children's minds die away from studying.

they hated reading thick textbooks

cracking their skulls for answers to their questions

from their workbooks

Parents always wanted their children to study hard

get good grades, go to classes

ballet, piano, all forms of art

go to all sorts of tuitions

They never knew how much stress we have

studying means to hit the books till you get everything right

means to know what you ought to know

means books and more books

no fun, no jokes, nothing but studying

the books are always laughing at us every time we are stuck

they will never stop

why do Adults always have the final say of our lives

they don't know our pains

its like having dragons holding blades and knives

ready to slay us

exams are the real killers to our lives

they slay us with millions of questions

bombarded like a rifle gun which can't stop

when its over

parents come into the picture

they are rifle guns

bombarding us just like the exams papers

"how's the paper?" "is it hard?"

we children wished to say its really easy, don't worry

but it seems really difficult

results are here

some people can't take the pressure

hence ending their lives

many broke down, all thanks to exams

all the children wished to know

whether their parents care for their own prides

or their lives

every child would know

their parents would only care for their own pride

losing their pride would literally drive them to the wall

their parents are selfish

their parents wants their children's grades for their own glory

the children never ever did exams for themselves

they did it for their parents

We children would like to say

we wish, all parents would treat us better

not for their own pride

but for our sake