I have a heart too

 

When talking about rights, we often mistake rights, as something only humans can possess. But rights are nobody's property. Human being is not the only organism on Earth. We mustn't forget that we share Earth with numerous other species. Hence, every organism has got rights. But we don't respect these rights. Here's a poem that depicts the feelings of a few animals who've been captured and oppressed, animals whose 'Rights' haven't been respected by the 'most educated' creatures on Earth.

I have a heart too

I am called a Dog,

By my masters- the humans. 

They capture and chain me,

And do all that is quite inhuman.

I have done no harm

To anyone of you.

Then why do you oppress me?

I have a heart too.

I have been named Cat,

By the civilised beings.

Who are not so civilised,

As I am seeing.

They buy me and call me a pet.

What if someone bought them too?

I feel pained just as they feel,

I have a heart too.

They call me a Bird,

A creature that flies.

But they imprison me in cages,

When I should be on the open skies.

God gave me these wings,

And brains he gave to you.

Why can't you understand my plight?

I have a heart too.

We are bought and kept,

And sometimes bullied and oppressed.

If you love us, let us live freely just as you do.

We can't speak but we do feel,

We have a heart too.

When I was a child

 

When there was not much to think about,

And mind was interested in knowing,

All that lies beyond the clouds.

When growing up sounded quite fascinating,

I remember how easy was everything,

When I was a Child.

The way I believed in fairies and elves,

And imagined flying on the magic carpet.

How exciting sounded the story of Snow White,

And how interesting was Briar Rose's secret.

So many mistakes were committed, yet there was no regret,

When I was a child. 

When I knew quite less, 

About the existence of evil.

And when I was totally unaware,

Of events and desires lethal.

Everything seemed so magical,

When I was a child.

There was a belief that miracles could happen,

And that ghosts could come to catch me.

I had trust in Santa Claus,

And believed adulthood could give me liberty!

So marvelous were those days-

Wild and carefree,

When I was a child.

Let's learn to fulfill!

'Tis the New Year Eve and I am still in a dilemma. What resolutions shall I make this year? What am I going to do this year? And how do I want my life to be, after this decade ends? These questions popping-up one after the other in my head make me feel so confused. 

A thought strikes my mind and I chuckle to myself. And this thought is about a very old trend... making new year resolutions but never really fulfilling them. This sounds so queer. We are all so ardent when it comes to celebrating this day. But we never think about all that will happen with us for the next 364 days. Some might say that it's good to stop thinking about the future for sometime and just enjoy the present. Yes it truly is! But then, why did we curse 2020 by calling it "the worst year" the entire humankind has ever faced? We celebrated the first day of 2020 with the same enthusiasm with which we're celebrating the first day of 2021. Then what makes us think that this year will be better? 

It is these resolutions and hopes that make us think so. For a minute, let us just stop doing everything else and think... We take such resolutions every year but we never completely fulfil them. Do we? Still they make us feel so much better. What if we really start trying hard to fulfill them. Life would be much more beautiful than we could even imagine! 

This year let's resolve to learn, love, forgive and try... Try until we finally succeed. Every other resolution is a counterpart of these and every dream starts from here. 

Let's learn, not just to resolve... But to fulfill!

                                               -Mahira