A Poem by RS

 

        Volume - 1                             Issue -5                          March 2025     

Breaking the Chains of Childhood

Children’s laughter silenced by toil’s cruel hand,

Tiny shoulders bent beneath burdens not their own;

In fields of mud and factories’ ghostly lands,

Their innocence stripped, their dreams overthrown.

Bright classrooms left empty, chalkboards growing cold,

While little feet hurry down shadowed, grinding ways;

Their stories, unheard, in exploitation told,

On World Day Against Child Labour, lift up their praise.

No child was born to sow dust in the sun,

Nor to stitch seams late into the night;

Their hands belong to play, to learn, to run,

To paint the world with wonder and light.

Let our voices rise, a chorus fierce and bold:

“Education, not exploitation, is every child’s right.

Free them from chains of profit’s icy hold,

And turn their darkness into guiding light.”

Together we stand—families, cities, lands—

To end this silent crime, to break the chains of fear;

On this day we pledge, with open hearts and hands,

To give every child a future—bright, hopeful, clear.

-        RS