Why is it, the way it is?
Why no one was happy when I was born?
Why my very shelter was torn?
Why is that they called me a problem child?
Why the treatment I got was never mild?
Why the kids next door smiled all the while?
Why I was never even greeted with a smile?
Why my clothes & toys were stained?
Why everyone around were so strained?
Why a decent college didn’t come my way?
Why from everyone was I kept away?
Why was I the caretaker, all the time?
Why was I then, never worth a dime?
Why only my failures were highlighted?
Why as a living thing, I wasn’t cited?
Why getting anything was never so easy?
Why I had to keep myself for lifelong so busy?
Why is it that my struggles go in vain?
Why my pains keep appearing again?
Why is that I don’t get the care I need?
Why nobody cares, when my heart bleeds?
Why can’t I seek peace of mind?
Why with such a life should I bind?
~ Ruu ……
30th October 2009, Bangalore
