“Mamma, I have homework to do, <br />How can I manage without you? ” <br />She calls out to me every evening in despair <br />My little daughter of five, pretty and fair <br /> <br />She climbs up onto my knees slowly and gently <br />To get there she plots and schemes so intelligently <br />She thinks her little plans I do not know <br />With difficulty I keep a straight face so that it doesn’t show <br /> <br />She is most comfortable doing her homework perched on my lap <br />For her homework I have to put on my thinking cap <br />Diligently she finishes her work stifling a yawn <br />The little angel was up and about since dawn <br /> <br />Every morning she looks forward for a ride in the school bus <br />About her uniform and shoes she makes a big fuss <br />She’s particular that it’s clean and always neatly pressed <br />I’m on my toes to see that she is not depressed <br /> <br />Homework all done, dressed and ready <br />She says goodbye to her cuddly teddy <br />For the school bus to arrive she waits in anticipation <br />In the bus there are her friends; I see her face brighten <br /> <br />Thus begins another day in the life of my five year old angel <br />So lively, energetic, happy and zestful <br />I’ll miss all this action when you are grownup <br />Fond memories will return when with wrinkled hands I sip from my teacup. <br /> <br />06.07.09<br /><br />Bindu Vidyadhar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-day-of-a-five-year-old/
