‘Mother, while I grow year by year, will my brain grow with me,
So I can fit everything in the world inside it?
Will my heart be so generous that I can help every soul
That suffers from sorrow and pain, O Mother?
Will my hands become big enough to hold the whole of the universe?
Will I have feet large enough to jump across wide streams and cascades?’
‘No, Elita. What happens with time, knows nobody.
Nevertheless, you will feel your mind growing along with the world..
And every moment, it will gather not only the good, but all the ill around..
Your heart will grow but only to endure all the pain the world gives it..
Only to know how people change, laugh and betray..
Your hands will grow so it can hold more prayers
While you fold them and kneel in front of the Almighty
Asking for strength, patience and joy, that you have now,
That shall be replaced by the demands of this unkind world.
Your feet will grow, not in size but in rhythm so you can tap them
When joy embraces you once in a blue moon to bring that smile
Onto your face alone and tell you, ‘It’s time for you to dance!’
‘Why talk of pain when life has shown me only joy, Mother?
Why do you say people change, laugh and betray?
You are one of them, have you also changed to harm those
Who live a life as alike as you do, O mother?’
‘My innocent little pie, the change I talk about has but one cause
And that is to satisfy the needs of the bunch of bad boys
That we call Greed, Jealousy, Insecurity, Dissatisfaction,
Rivalry, Competition, Anger and Ego,
All of which is new to you, Elita, but know it now
So you can live by your own, by all the good
Those which have your family and your true friends,
your passion and your dream,
For Life has no rulebook, nor does it follow law,
All that it follows is your voice which has to be only as loud
to be heard by your life alone, not by those of others, Elita.
That one thing that has to grow is your voice,
Which is yours and yours alone,
Which is an entity that can’t be felt, seen but heard
By only one other entity, your heart..’
So I can fit everything in the world inside it?
Will my heart be so generous that I can help every soul
That suffers from sorrow and pain, O Mother?
Will my hands become big enough to hold the whole of the universe?
Will I have feet large enough to jump across wide streams and cascades?’
‘No, Elita. What happens with time, knows nobody.
Nevertheless, you will feel your mind growing along with the world..
And every moment, it will gather not only the good, but all the ill around..
Your heart will grow but only to endure all the pain the world gives it..
Only to know how people change, laugh and betray..
Your hands will grow so it can hold more prayers
While you fold them and kneel in front of the Almighty
Asking for strength, patience and joy, that you have now,
That shall be replaced by the demands of this unkind world.
Your feet will grow, not in size but in rhythm so you can tap them
When joy embraces you once in a blue moon to bring that smile
Onto your face alone and tell you, ‘It’s time for you to dance!’
‘Why talk of pain when life has shown me only joy, Mother?
Why do you say people change, laugh and betray?
You are one of them, have you also changed to harm those
Who live a life as alike as you do, O mother?’
‘My innocent little pie, the change I talk about has but one cause
And that is to satisfy the needs of the bunch of bad boys
That we call Greed, Jealousy, Insecurity, Dissatisfaction,
Rivalry, Competition, Anger and Ego,
All of which is new to you, Elita, but know it now
So you can live by your own, by all the good
Those which have your family and your true friends,
your passion and your dream,
For Life has no rulebook, nor does it follow law,
All that it follows is your voice which has to be only as loud
to be heard by your life alone, not by those of others, Elita.
That one thing that has to grow is your voice,
Which is yours and yours alone,
Which is an entity that can’t be felt, seen but heard
By only one other entity, your heart..’
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