When your child was born <br />You might have learned certain lessons <br />As he or she was growing <br />The child would have been <br />Teaching lessons <br />Which you were not learning <br />From anywhere else <br />You would have found the lessons <br />Tough and difficult to absorb <br />As basics and fundamentals <br />Language used by the faculty <br />Methodology of teaching <br />Were quite different <br />Most of the time unstructured <br />Unmindful of your moods <br />The teacher would have kept you <br />Loaded with lessons difficult to decipher <br />The classes were far unique and <br />Very specially different <br />From any of the formal institution <br />Which were preparing you <br />For making a life <br />The lessons here aimed at <br />Making you live fully alive and aware of <br />Absolute realities <br />You would agree <br />Learning these never made you tired <br />And you were enthusiastically looking for <br />New lessons to come up <br />By the time <br />Your child has grown up <br />And stopped teaching you any further <br />Your grand child arrives <br />Now the lessons turn tougher still <br />Despite all the experiences in life and living <br />Your learning is quite difficult now <br />The teacher is in a great hurry <br />And often keeps changing <br />The course of lessons <br />You find new reasons <br />For things happening around <br />And you see yourself <br />In new enthusiasm <br />Which you feel will help you live <br />Longer still <br />With enough energy, strength and skill <br />In spite of the fact that <br />Your grandchild has tougher lessons to teach<br /><br />Bashyam Narayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-grandchild-has-tougher-lessons-to-teach/
