The Greatest Fear

I landed on this planet totally fearless

Little did I suspect anybody around me

I wailed and screamed for attention

Out of thirst and hunger but not out of fear

My mother’s loving hug reassured me

That I was very safe and secure

As long as her wings protected me 

I slept peacefully, only to wake up to get fed

As long as I stayed home with my mother

I knew not what fear meant

One day all of a sudden 

My mother dropped me in a strange place

And guess what; she walked away

I knew nobody there

There were many others like me

Crying their hearts out

How could you do this to me Amma?

One auntie carried me and tried to pacify me

I wouldn’t stop crying and in came another auntie

She carried me out of that room

Went into the garden and tried to pacify me in vain

She raised her voice and sternly said, ‘Stop’

That place scared me a lot

I later came to know it was a school

After crying for hours, I got tired and slept

I woke up when I could feel the soft hands of my mother

Hey, she came back, she took me home

Thus I had the experience of my first fear in life

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