Where is it? <br />We have misplaced it, <br />Taken out from the heart, <br />And the mind to the mint, <br />Sages said it should be unconditional, <br />Now it comes with terms and conditions, <br />I search in the living rooms, <br />And it is caged in the motherboards, <br />The children look happy but feel sad, <br />The stoves are not lit, <br />So I can’t find it in the tap, <br />I open the built in cupboards, <br />I am curious to find its hiding place, <br />Between the folded and crumbled masks, <br />It is not here and the shoes need the rest, <br />I sneak into the bedrooms to say hello to it, <br />I find an elf that jumps up and down, <br />And call itself the treasure I want to seek, <br />When I turn back to return, the elf changes into an ape, <br />I like to find it, in the drawers and safe deposit boxes, <br />I am frustrated until I hear the noise, <br />A baby in the pram, blabbers in melodious scream, <br />Wiping the tears of the mother for no returns, <br />Holds the cheek and pulls the perm hair, <br />And plants the kisses all over the face, <br />Giggle in dreams, I see it there in a baby’s innocence.<br /><br />veeraiyah subbulakshmi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-haven-t-lost-it-completely/
