See-saw Koshur Kalam challenge Jan 1, 2022. by Koshy AV
The playground in the Museum
in Thiruvanathapuram
was my first see-I saw
Then a rocking horse in Bal Bhavan
saw me see-saw
I loved sitting on one end
of the big one
watching the other go up
and then running there quickly
getting on somehow
and watching the other side go up
Up and down, down and up
I did not know, playing alone
it was preparing me for life's vagaries
When it was a girl at the other end
I felt happy
We learn in miniscule
for greater tasks
in childhood
and yaw like a ship on the sea
drunken in the winds of time
and change
stagger to the tune of
what goes up must come down
and are comforted by the fact
that what comes down must also go up
like any see-saw that works
in any children's playground.
See-saw (Koshur Qalam challenge Jan 1, 2022.) by Koshy AV
(edited version)
In the playground in the Museum
in Thiruvananthapuram
was my first see-saw
Then a rocking horse in Bal Bhavan
saw me see-saw
I loved sitting at one end
of the big one
watching the other go up
then running there quickly
getting on somehow
and watching the other - the previous, the first side, go up
Up and down, down and up
I did not know, playing alone
it was preparing me for life's vagaries
When it was a girl at the other end
I felt happy
We learn in minuscule
in childhood
for greater tasks
yaw like a ship on the sea
drunken, in the winds of time
and change
stagger to the tune of
what goes up must come down
comforted by the fact
that what comes down must also go up
like any good old see-saw that works
in any old or new children's playground.
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