Baby’s Cry

“I cry as they make me lie in the same spot where ants visit. That goes unnoticed, and my ignorant mom forcefully makes me drink tonic for stomach ache.

Dad and mom don’t stop their silly fights. My tender eardrums are tearing. I wish I can call out granny to save. The least I can do to bring attention is cry.

Elders yell for stupid reasons, and when I do the same to calm them down, I’m tagged a devil! 😈

I laugh at my mom’s funny hairstyle. She thinks it’s the food that I like and feeds me more! 

When I actually cry to get some food to my little tummy, she pats me on the back to make me sleep. Now tell me, who can sleep when hungry?

The grown-ups travel places and get tired. I travel from hand to hand, get drained, and cry. I pity my brother who wasn’t born during COVID days. How many more guests would he have met?

Don’t try to pacify me now. I’m crying because I’m sleepy, mom. You are leaving me in the cradle, exactly when I don’t want to. For pity’s sake, why don’t you take me in your shoulders and roam around now?

Oh God! Why aren’t we blessed with telepathy?”

P.S.: Inspired from the rants of a dear friend!