The Age of Responsibilities

The Age of Responsibilities

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

                                                                          

I go to work daily

Because I have to

Bring home the bacon.

I have reached the age of responsibilities.

There were days

When someone did this for me.

I just played and went to school,

But now I have reached the age for working myself.

I do not have time for going out,

For swimming in the river,

For playing on the street,

Now I just work and work.

I still remember I went to the river,

And sat under the tall Neem tree.

The dense shadows gave me peace and comfort.

Now I have left the tree, the shadows, and the river.

I wish I could have enjoyed more

My childhood, my days of freedom.

I face this age of responsibilities happily

Because it is inevitable. Everyone will have it.