My grand daughter who is a poetic genius-Raja Thatha

My grand daughter who is a poetic genius-Raja  Thatha

Maithree  Venkatesan is my  grand daughter .I am extremely proud of her  because  she is a thinker  as well as poet .I am below  two poems , the first one written by her  when she was  eight years old  and the second one  nine years later.You can see  that she was  a  budding thinker then and accomplished  thinker now

The butterfly park

By

Maithree Venkatesan

(This poet is only eight years old and is my grand daughter: Raja Thatha)

I once went to a butterfly park,
And was greeted by dogs, ready to bark,
With many pretty little butterflies,
Flittering around the sky.

Two little butterflies came and sat on me,
I laughed and smiled, shining with glee.
We watched a film, which told us about butterflies,
In which I learnt how butterflies fly.

Finally it was time to go,
The butterflies said “Hi” though!
I said ‘bye” and turned around the bend,
My little trip came to an end.

A Fish out of Water

BY MAITHREE VENKATESAN

Sometimes, I feel like a goldfish. 

Watching the sun rays race through the illusioned glass,

To shimmer like the love I desired. 

Swimming around in a pool of necessity,

I am confined by walls of unrequited sight, 

As the world watches me watch them. 

Sometimes, I feel like a goldfish, 

Stuck in a solitary bowl, void of echoes.

'Build bridges, not walls', they all told me,

But my bridges had been burned down a time too many. 

And so I chose to put up these walls instead. 

My teary eyed reflection hears,

But walls seldom listen.

She's my sole companion,

A figment of the other half I so desire,

My necessity. 

Sometimes, I feel like a goldfish. 

And so, I brought one home today. 

The world would have two less lonely hearts.