Ignorant and Innocent

I want to be ignorant and innocent once again

To limit my world to my house and my school

To be able to observe little things closely - the sparrows, the spiders, the rain drops and the puddles.

I don’t want to know what is there behind the compound walls

And I don’t want to know what goes around in people’s minds

I want to carelessly walk in to the mud get my hands and feet dirty once again

To soil my clothes, water the plants and smell the wet soil.

I want to play out with my friends again till sun sets and my mother calls me in

I want to play video games, want to wait for my favourite movie or song to play on the TV.

I wonder at times are we all working to make our lives easier or rather making it more difficult

Life was simple and beautiful back then with less resources and less money.

The less we had the happier we were