I am a good person
I do my duty honestly
I obey my teachers
I love my parents
I am good to my friends
I say "Thank you “where there be need
And "Sorry" when I am wrong .

I do all this and much more


Because I hate being punished


Or being stared at with frowns


Or being called to explain things.

Children have their own worlds
Their own fancies, their own guts
So I want some freedom
Freedom to be different
Freedom to be a little rude
And freedom to be wrong too .

But these elders have
Bagfulls of punishment reasons
Always finding faults
Always finding reasons to punish
As if their fancies are 'His will' .



Oh God ! Send my wishes



To the elders of the world

And tell them


How much I hate being punished


How much I love being pampered


And how much I like being at my own.