Child! ! br A child that loomed worry! ! br A little child sat at a lonely three-corner; br Apple in her hand, chewed apiece; br Sitting there sully; br Deeply reminiscing her past; br Thinking deeply in thee world unadorned, I know; br Her expression lapsing any glamor world; br But in the boughs of sorrow! ! br Her eyes moist and dilated down; br Indicative of thee self tolerance in her; br Of not to burst; br A sign of maturity conditioning in her; br To remain strong in difficult hindering times; br But thee sorrow loomed her; br Sat there she; br In a shattered kitchen cloth stitched dress; br With a scarf of kitchen mop; br She must have been born and grown in kitchen, her life most; br I remiscend her picture I snatched from my bus ride; br Photographed in my mind, I still remember; br Her gesture was such; br Never can I forget; br Scoffed yellow in her eyes; br Was etched in colour a yellow pale colour; br Sitting on a small wooden sill cornered; br Where was she lost? br What was she worried about? br Worry etched her forehead; br But I was fast pacing across in a bus; br A poor child, I couldn't get to know! !br br madhumitha muralibr br